Ronald B. Cameron
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Ronald B. Cameron | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 25th district | |
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967 | |
Preceded by | John H. Rousselot |
Succeeded by | Charles E. Wiggins |
Member of the California State Assembly from the 50th district | |
In office January 5, 1959 – January 3, 1963 | |
Preceded by | Thomas M. Erwin |
Succeeded by | Phil Soto |
Personal details | |
Born | Ronald Brooks Cameron August 16, 1927 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
Died | February 1, 2006 Whittier, California, U.S. | (aged 78)
Alma mater | Western Reserve Academy Case Western Reserve University University of California, Los Angeles |
Ronald Brooks Cameron (August 16, 1927 – February 1, 2006) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from California's 25th congressional district from 1963 to 1967.
Biography[]
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Cameron graduated from Western Reserve Academy, Hudson, Ohio, 1945. He attended Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio from 1946 to 1947, and UCLA from 1949 to 1953. He received a J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law, Malibu, California, 1973. He was in the United States Marine Corps from 1945 to 1946.
Cameron became a certified public accountant in 1954. He served as member of the California State Assembly from 1958 to 1962, and was delegate to the 1960 and 1964 Democratic National Conventions.
Cameron was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967). He was defeated for re-election to the Ninetieth Congress in 1966. He resumed practice as an accountant and attorney. In 1970, he was the Democratic nominee for California state comptroller.
He died on February 1, 2006, in Whittier, California.
References[]
- United States Congress. "Ronald B. Cameron (id: C000067)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links[]
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
- 1927 births
- 2006 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from California
- United States Marines
- California Democrats
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Members of the California State Assembly
- Case Western Reserve University alumni
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- Pepperdine University School of Law alumni
- 20th-century American politicians
- Western Reserve Academy alumni
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from California