John Burton was a California State Senator from 1997 until 2005. From 1998 until he was term limited in 2005, he served as the President Pro Tem of the California State Senate. Prior to his time in the State Senate, he served in the California State Assembly from 1965 until 1974, and again from 1988 until 1997. He was originally elected to the Assembly to succeed his brother Phillip Burton, who had been elected to Congress. He was returned to the Assembly in a 1988 special election to succeed Art Agnos who had been elected Mayor of San Francisco. Burton also served in the U.S. House of Representatives, alongside his brother Phillip, from 1974 until 1983.

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