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Ronald B. Cameron

Ronald B. Cameron

American politician (1927–2006)


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.

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Early life and education

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.

Career

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.

Congress

Cameron was elected as a Democrat to the eighty-eighth Congress (January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967). He was defeated for reelection to the ninetieth Congress in 1966.

Later career and death

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.

Electoral history

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References

  1. "1962 election results" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  2. "1964 election results" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  3. "1966 election results" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved September 22, 2018.

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