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Ronald B. Cameron

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Ronald B. Cameron
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 25th district
In office
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967
Preceded byJohn H. Rousselot
Succeeded byCharles E. Wiggins
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 50th district
In office
January 5, 1959 – January 3, 1963
Preceded byThomas M. Erwin
Succeeded byPhil Soto
Personal details
Born
Ronald Brooks Cameron

(1927-08-16)August 16, 1927
Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
DiedFebruary 1, 2006(2006-02-01) (aged 78)
Whittier, California, U.S.
Alma materWestern 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.

Early life and education

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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

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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

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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

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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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1962 election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ronald B. Cameron 62,371 53.6
Republican John H. Rousselot (Incumbent) 53,961 46.4
Total votes 116,332 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic gain from Republican
1964 election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ronald B. Cameron (Incumbent) 81,320 55.4
Republican Frank J. Walton 65,344 44.6
Total votes 146,664 100.0
Turnout  
Democratic hold
1966 election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles E. Wiggins 70,154 52.6
Democratic Ronald B. Cameron (Incumbent) 63,345 47.4
Total votes 133,499
Republican gain from Democratic

References

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  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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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 25th congressional district

1963-1967
Succeeded by

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress