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  Wilson, Charles H.
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AffiliationDemocratic   
NameCharles H. Wilson
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Inglewood, California , United States
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Born February 15, 1917
Died July 21, 1984 (67 years)
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Tags Married - Army - Censured - United Church of Christ -
InfoRepresentative from California; born in Magna, Salt Lake County, Utah, February 15, 1917; with his parents, moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in 1922 and attended the public schools there and in Inglewood; employee of a bank, 1935-1942; served as a staff sergeant in the United States Army from June 1942 to December 1945, with overseas service in the European Theater of Operations; in 1945, established an insurance agency in Los Angeles, Calif.; served in the State legislature, 1954-1962, as assemblyman from the Sixty-sixth Assembly District; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1981); censured by the House of Representatives on June 10, 1980, for financial misconduct; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress; was a resident of Tantallon, Md., until his death in Clinton, Md., on July 21, 1984; interment in Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Calif.


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  06/03/1980 CA District 31 - D Primary Lost 15.29% (-33.80%)
  11/07/1978 CA District 31 Won 67.74% (+35.51%)
  06/06/1978 CA District 31 - D Primary Won 39.73% (+18.09%)
  11/02/1976 CA District 31 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/08/1976 CA District 31 - D Primary Won 62.38% (+40.29%)
  11/05/1974 CA District 31 Won 70.44% (+43.61%)
  06/04/1974 CA District 31 - D Primary Won 56.32% (+32.42%)
  11/07/1972 CA District 31 Won 52.28% (+9.78%)
  06/06/1972 CA District 31 - D Primary Won 50.88% (+14.77%)
  11/03/1970 CA District 31 Won 73.18% (+46.35%)
  06/02/1970 CA District 31 - D Primary Won 62.16% (+24.31%)
  11/05/1968 CA District 31 Won 58.89% (+19.77%)
  06/04/1968 CA District 31 - D Primary Won 57.40% (+40.96%)
  11/08/1966 CA District 31 Won 63.36% (+26.72%)
  06/07/1966 CA District 31 - D Primary Won 67.32% (+34.64%)
  11/03/1964 CA District 31 Won 64.00% (+28.01%)
  06/02/1964 CA District 31 - R Primary Lost 2.59% (-50.86%)
  06/02/1964 CA District 31 - D Primary Won 88.14% (+76.29%)
  11/06/1962 CA District 31 Won 52.21% (+4.41%)
  06/05/1962 CA District 31 - D Primary Won 34.44% (+9.09%)
  11/08/1960 CA State Assembly 66 Won 71.72% (+43.45%)
  11/04/1958 CA State Assembly 66 Won 75.91% (+51.84%)
  11/06/1956 CA State Assembly 66 Won 99.97% (+99.95%)
  11/02/1954 CA State Assembly 66 Won 52.10% (+4.21%)
  11/10/1953 CA State Assembly 66 - Special Election Lost 23.67% (-9.75%)
ENDORSEMENTS
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 NPA Reject
US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 06, 1973 NPA Reject
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