Birth Name: Samuel William Yorty
Date of Birth: October 1, 1909
Place of Birth: Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Date of Death: June 5, 1998
Place of Death: Los Angeles, California
Ethnicity:
*German (father)
*Irish (mother)
Sam Yorty was an American politician. As a member of the Democratic Party, he was a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California, from January 3, 1951 to January 3, 1955, and Mayor of Los Angeles, from July 1, 1961 to July 1, 1973. He later became a Republican.
He was a candidate for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the United States in 1964 and 1972.
Sam was the son of Johanna (Egan) and Frank Patrick Yorty. His father was of German descent. His mother was Irish, from Tipperary. He was married to Elizabeth Hensel, with whom he had a son.
Sam’s paternal grandfather was Samuel P. Yorty (the son of Johannes Yorty and Maria Magdalena Reinoehl). Johannes was the son of John Yorty and Lise Elizabeth Light. Maria Margdalena was the daughter of John George Henry Reinoehl and Elizabeth/Eliza Catharine Meilly.
Sam’s paternal grandmother was Mary Amelia Wentz.
Sam’s maternal grandparents were William Egan (the son of Edward Egan) and Johanna Hayes (the daughter of Henry Hayes and Anne Noonan).
Source: Sam Yorty on the 1910 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org