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  Clawson, Delwin
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NameDelwin Clawson
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Downey, California , United States
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Born January 11, 1914
DiedMay 05, 1992 (78 years)
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Feb 17, 2015 03:01pm
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Infoborn in Thatcher, Graham County, Ariz., January 11, 1914; attended the public schools of Pima and Safford, Ariz.; attended Gila College, Thatcher, Ariz., in 1933 and 1934; various employment, 1934-1940; interviewer with the United States Employment Service, 1941; with the Federal Public Housing Authority in Arizona and California, 1942-1947; manager of the Mutual Housing Association of Compton, Calif., 1947-1963; member of the city council of Compton, 1953-1957; mayor of Compton, 1957-1961 and reelected in 1961 for another four-year term; director of three Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts 1957-1963; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Clyde Doyle; reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from June 11, 1963, until his resignation December 31, 1978; was not a candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; was a resident of Downey, Calif., until his death there on May 5, 1992.



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  11/02/1976 CA District 33 Won 55.08% (+10.16%)
  11/00/1976 US House Republican Policy Committee Chair Won 52.99% (+5.97%)
  11/05/1974 CA District 33 Won 53.41% (+10.30%)
  11/07/1972 CA District 23 Won 61.43% (+22.86%)
  11/03/1970 CA District 23 Won 63.34% (+26.68%)
  11/05/1968 CA District 23 Won 65.07% (+30.13%)
  11/08/1966 CA District 23 Won 67.40% (+34.80%)
  06/07/1966 CA District 23 - D Primary Lost 6.83% (-41.85%)
  11/03/1964 CA District 23 Won 55.44% (+10.89%)
  06/02/1964 CA District 23 - D Primary Lost 6.67% (-28.20%)
  06/11/1963 CA District 23 - Special Election Won 53.19% (+17.83%)
  11/06/1962 CA District 23 Lost 35.83% (-28.35%)
  06/05/1962 CA District 23 - R Primary Won 59.00% (+18.01%)
  06/03/1952 CA District 23 - D Primary Lost 4.46% (-30.89%)
  06/03/1952 CA District 23 - R Primary Lost 21.12% (-7.00%)
ENDORSEMENTS
CA US Senate - R Primary - Jun 08, 1982 R Ted Bruinsma
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 NPA Reject