predecessor successor birth_place imagesize party profession birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name
gordon w. duffy kenneth cory james edward whetmore gary k. hart william e. dannemeyer john f. seymour south dakota 180px republican politician , united states air force pilot 1930 california , 69th district california state senator , 35th district state assemblyman , 35th district california state assemblyman 1967 1975 1977 carmen nicasio briggs john briggs -lrb- politician -rrb-
 1975 1977 1981 john v. briggs
john briggs -lrb- politician -rrb-

john v. briggs -lrb- born 1930 -rrb- is a retired california state politician who served in the california state assembly and the california state senate .
he is perhaps best known for sponsoring proposition 6 in 1978 , also known as the briggs initiative , which attempted to remove all gay or lesbian school employees or their supporters from their jobs .
the measure failed .
