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San Clemente-the Spanish VIllage by the Sea-located on the ocean, half way between Los Angeles and San Diego, was founded on December 6, 1925 by this author, Ole Hanson.
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Ole Hanson was born on January 6, 1874 on a farm homesteaded by his parents near Union Grove, Wisconsin. He was the third son and the fifth of six children born to Thorsten and Goro (Tostofson) Hanson, who had emigrated from Norway to the United States shortly after the Civil War.
Hanson's formal education ended at the age of thirteen, when he completed the eighth grade. Upon graduation he won a teaching certificate and, although barely older than his students, began teaching the "three R's. " At seventeen he started to study law, working in the law office of J. R. Dyer of Racine, Wisconsin, during the day and in a clothing store at night.
At nineteen Hanson passed the Wisconsin bar examination but by law was prevented from practising until he became twenty-one. In 1902, seeking to regain his health in a new environment after receiving severe leg injuries in a train accident, Hanson moved with his family to Seattle, Washington, where he became a well-known real estate dealer. However, his interest in people and his flair for the dramatic soon led him into politics.
In 1908 and again in 1909 he was elected to the Washington legislature. In 1914 he ran unsuccessfully as Progressive candidate for the United States Senate, polling a substantial vote.
Thereafter he returned to his real estate affairs until 1918, when he was elected mayor of Seattle. Hanson's subsequent fame centered in a general sympathy strike called by the Seattle Central Labor Council on February 6, 1919, in support of 25, 000 striking shipyard workers. By calling for state and federal troops and issuing a stern ultimatum to the labor leaders, Hanson was credited with breaking the strike, after five days of nearly total paralysis in the city. He justified his action on the ground that this was not a legitimate labor dispute but a radical-inspired attempt to supplant legal authority in the area with soviet-type rule, and the nation's press generally hailed him as having prevented a "Bolshevik revolution" in the Pacific Northwest. Capitalizing on this newly won popularity, Hanson resigned as mayor in August 1919 and toured the country, lecturing on the radical menace and the need for stricter immigration legislation and the regulation of aliens.
For health reasons, Hanson moved his family to southern California in 1924. There he continued his real estate activities by developing several subdivisions of Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, later founding the beach city of San Clemente, California. Designed as an area for moderate-income families, the San Clemente project was Hanson's answer to the problem of inadequate housing, which he believed was an important cause of radicalism.
After 1924 his various real estate enterprises occupied his full time.
Hanson died in Los Angeles, California, of a heart condition, and was buried in the Inglewood Cemetery. His only published work, Americanism versus Bolshevism, appeared in 1920 at the height of his fame as the "Fighting Mayor" of Seattle.
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Serving as a member of the labor committee, Hanson became known as a champion of the underdog, securing the enactment of an eight-hour-workday law for women and minors, an industrial insurance act, and an anti-racetrack-gambling measure.
In 1912 he was a strong supporter of Theodore Roosevelt.
In 1916 he backed Woodrow Wilson.
Like his idol Theodore Roosevelt, he represented something of a paradox. He was rationally attracted to progressivism, yet emotionally he was a conservative. Basically a middle-of-the-roader, he was often addicted to idealistic enthusiasms and prone to bizarre action and expression.
Red-haired and quick-tempered, looking like an Uncle Sam minus whiskers, Hanson was rapid in movement and thought. He was an eloquent orator and had a firm belief in the wisdom and honesty of the average man; what autocratic tendencies he personally displayed stemmed not from a sense of "élitism" but from a consummate self-confidence.
Though opportunistic and erratic, Hanson was a shrewd politician and realtor who left fascinating stories in his wake.
On May 12, 1895, Hanson married Nellie Rose of Racine. They had eleven children.
