Randolph Collier

Randolph Collier (July 26, 1902 – August 2, 1983) was a member of the California State Senate. He was Senator from the Second District from 1939 to 1967, and from the First District from 1967 to 1976.[1] Initially a member of the Republican Party, he moved to the Democratic Party in 1959.[2][3]

Randolph Collier
Member of the California Senate from the 1st district
In office January 2, 1967 – November 30, 1976
Preceded by	Stanley Arnold
Succeeded by	Ray E. Johnson
Member of the California Senate from the 2nd district
In office January 2, 1939 – January 2, 1967
Preceded by	Henry M. McGuinness
Succeeded by	Fred W. Marler Jr.
Personal details
Born	(1902-07-26)July 26, 1902 Etna, California, U.S.
Died	August 2, 1983(1983-08-02) (aged 81) Sacramento, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic (1959–1983) Republican (before 1959)
Spouse(s)	Aida ​ (1945⁠–⁠1970)​ Barbara Ferris Hamoui
Children	7
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley

Collier served as chairman of the California Senate Transportation Committee and was the sponsor and co-author of the Collier–Burns Highway Act of 1947, which established the California transportation infrastructure. He was chairman of the Senate Interim Committee on Highways, Streets and Bridges. Collier was an opponent of rapid transit.[4] A rest stop in Siskiyou County, where he lived nearly all of his life, is named after him,[5] as is a tunnel on the Redwood Highway, U.S. Route 199.

In 1976, Collier was defeated for re-election by former state Assemblyman Ray E. Johnson and moved to Sacramento, where he spent the remainder of his life until dying of chronic pulmonary obstruction at the age of 81.[6]