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  Hawkins, Augustus F. "Gus"
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameAugustus F. "Gus" Hawkins
Address
Los Angeles, California , United States
EmailNone
Website [Link]
Born August 31, 1907
DiedNovember 10, 2007 (100 years)
Contributoreddy 9_99
Last ModifedDavid
Aug 31, 2021 12:55am
Tags Black - Methodist -
InfoAugustus Freeman "Gus" Hawkins

Elected to the California Assembly from the 62nd District in 1934, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1958, and 1060.

Representative from California; born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La., August 31, 1907; in 1918, moved to Los Angeles, Calif., with his parents; attended local public schools; graduated from Jefferson High School in 1926, from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1931, and from the University of Southern California in 1932; engaged in the real estate business in 1941; member of the State assembly, 1935-1962; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1991); chairman, Committee on House Administration (Ninety-seventh and Ninety-eighth Congresses), Committee on Education and Labor (Ninety-eighth through One Hundred First Congresses), Joint Committee on Printing (Ninety-sixth and Ninety-eighth Congresses), Joint Committee on the Library (Ninety-seventh Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1990 to the One Hundred Second Congress; is a resident of Los Angeles, Calif.

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Nov 12, 2007 11:30am Obituary Ex-lawmaker Augustus Hawkins dies  Article RMF 

DISCUSSION
Importance? 8.00000 Average

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  11/08/1988 CA District 29 Won 82.84% (+69.17%)
  06/07/1988 CA District 29 - D Primary Won 90.32% (+80.63%)
  11/04/1986 CA District 29 Won 84.54% (+70.01%)
  06/03/1986 CA District 29 - D Primary Won 93.19% (+86.38%)
  11/06/1984 CA District 29 Won 86.63% (+73.27%)
  06/05/1984 CA District 29 - D Primary Won 91.35% (+82.70%)
  11/02/1982 CA District 29 Won 79.80% (+59.59%)
  11/04/1980 CA District 29 Won 86.12% (+75.07%)
  11/07/1978 CA District 29 Won 85.00% (+69.99%)
  11/02/1976 CA District 29 Won 85.42% (+74.18%)
  06/08/1976 CA District 29 - D Primary Won 78.63% (+70.25%)
  11/05/1974 CA District 29 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/04/1974 CA District 29 - D Primary Won 86.91% (+73.82%)
  11/07/1972 CA District 21 Won 82.93% (+65.85%)
  11/03/1970 CA District 21 Won 94.53% (+89.06%)
  06/02/1970 CA District 21 - D Primary Won 89.46% (+78.92%)
  11/05/1968 CA District 21 Won 91.57% (+83.14%)
  06/04/1968 CA District 21 - D Primary Won 83.81% (+76.59%)
  11/08/1966 CA District 21 Won 84.81% (+69.62%)
  11/03/1964 CA District 21 Won 90.33% (+80.66%)
  11/06/1962 CA District 21 Won 84.60% (+69.20%)
  06/05/1962 CA District 21 - D Primary Won 53.75% (+29.67%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 R Nelson A. Rockefeller
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 06, 1973 NPA Reject