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Kuchel was born in Anaheim in Orange County, the home of [[Disneyland]]. His father, Henry, was a [[newspaper]] editor and the former Letitia Bailey. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the [[University of Southern California]]. In 1937, he was elected to the California Assembly, a post he filled for a single term until 1941. He served in [[World War II]] in the [[United States Navy]] Reserve. He was the California state controller from 1946 until he entered the Senate in 1953. He became controller in 1946 under his mentor, liberal [[Governor]] [[Earl Warren]], and resigned as controller when Warren appointed him to succeed Nixon. Both Warren and  Kuchel declined to support Nixon.

Kuchel was born in Anaheim in Orange County, the home of [[Disneyland]]. His father, Henry, was a [[newspaper]] editor and the former Letitia Bailey. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the [[University of Southern California]]. In 1937, he was elected to the California Assembly, a post he filled for a single term until 1941. He served in [[World War II]] in the [[United States Navy]] Reserve. He was the California state controller from 1946 until he entered the Senate in 1953. He became controller in 1946 under his mentor, liberal [[Governor]] [[Earl Warren]], and resigned as controller when Warren appointed him to succeed Nixon. Both Warren and  Kuchel declined to support Nixon.

While running for reelection, Kuchel did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which established open housing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1968/s346|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.}}</ref> He sought a third full term but lost the Republican [[primary]] to the strongly [[conservative]] Maxwell Lewis "Max" Rafferty, Jr. (1917-1982), the then California superintendent of public instruction. Rafferty, however, was defeated by the staunchly liberal [[Alan Cranston]], who like Kuchel was a former state controller.

While running for reelection, Kuchel did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which established open housing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1968/s346|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.}}</ref> He sought a third full term but lost the Republican [[primary]] to the strongly [[conservative]] Maxwell Lewis "Max" Rafferty, Jr. (1917–1982), the then California superintendent of public instruction. Rafferty, however, was defeated by the staunchly liberal [[Alan Cranston]], who like Kuchel was a former state controller.

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