- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJack Breckinridge Tenney
- Nickname
- California's McCarthy
- Jack Tenney was born on April 1, 1898 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He died in 1970 in the USA.
- A member of the American Federation of Musicians from 1919, he became President of the Los Angeles Musicians Union; Member of California State Assembly, 1936-1942; Presidential Elector for California, 1940, and Member of California State Senate, 1942-1954. He was defeated in Republican primary elections, 1954.
- Although best known as writer of the song "Mexicali Rose" in 1938, he was deeply involved in politics.
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