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  King, Cecil R.
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NameCecil R. King
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Inglewood, California , United States
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Born January 13, 1898
DiedMarch 17, 1974 (76 years)
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Info born in Fort Niagara, N.Y., January 13, 1898; moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1908 and attended the public schools; during the First World War served as a private in the United States Army in 1917 and 1918; engaged in business in southern California 1919-1942; member of the California assembly 1932-1942; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress, by special election, August 25, 1942, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lee E. Geyer; reelected to the thirteen succeeding Congresses and served from August 25, 1942, to January 3, 1969; was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress; resided in Inglewood, Calif., where he died March 17, 1974; interment in Inglewood Park Cemetery.


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  11/08/1966 CA DIstrict 17 Won 60.80% (+21.61%)
  06/07/1966 CA District 17 - D Primary Won 83.74% (+67.48%)
  11/03/1964 CA DIstrict 17 Won 67.67% (+35.34%)
  11/06/1962 CA District 17 Won 67.16% (+34.31%)
  11/08/1960 CA District 17 Won 67.71% (+35.43%)
  11/04/1958 CA DIstrict 17 Won 75.31% (+50.63%)
  06/03/1958 CA District 17 - D Primary Won 95.56% (+91.12%)
  06/03/1958 CA District 17 - R Primary Lost 43.38% (-13.25%)
  11/06/1956 CA DIstrict 17 Won 64.94% (+29.88%)
  11/02/1954 CA DIstrict 17 Won 60.09% (+20.18%)
  06/08/1954 CA District 17 - D Primary Won 82.94% (+65.87%)
  06/08/1954 CA District 17 - R Primary Lost 22.76% (-50.98%)
  11/04/1952 CA District 17 Won 54.59% (+10.51%)
  11/07/1950 CA District 17 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/1948 CA District 17 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/05/1946 CA District 17 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/07/1944 CA District 17 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1942 CA District 17 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/25/1942 CA DIstrict 17 - Special Election Won 58.02% (+38.35%)
  01/04/1941 CA Assembly Speaker Lost 26.67% (-46.67%)
  08/28/1934 CA District 17 - D Primary Lost 23.69% (-6.97%)
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