2008

Events

 * May 13:
 * Karen Bass becomes Speaker of the California State Assembly
 * November 25:
 * Elizabeth Warren becomes Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel

Deaths

 * February 21:
 * Evan Mecham - Governor of Arizona (b. 1924)
 * March 31:
 * William Louis Dickinson - Member of the House of Representatives (b. 1925)