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  Rees, Thomas M.
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NameThomas M. Rees
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Los Angeles, California , United States
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Born March 26, 1925
Died December 09, 2003 (78 years)
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InfoThomas Mankell Rees

Elected to the California Assembly from the 59th District in 1954, 1956, 1958, and 1960.

born in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 26, 1925; educated in local public schools; B.A., Occidental College, 1950; attended University of California Law School, 1951; admitted to the California bar in 1973; served as a combat infantryman with General Patton?s Third Army during the Second World War; president of Compania del Pacifico, a Latin American export firm; State assemblyman, 1954-1962; State senator, 1962-1965; delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress, by special election, December 15, 1965, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Roosevelt; reelected to the five succeeding Congresses, and served from December 15, 1965, to January 3, 1977; was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; commenced the practice of law in Washington, D.C., and San Jose, Calif.; president, Community Development and Management, San Jose, Calif.; is a resident of Santa Cruz, Calif.

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  11/05/1974 CA District 23 Won 71.43% (+42.86%)
  06/04/1974 CA District 23 - D Primary Won 93.19% (+86.37%)
  11/07/1972 CA District 26 Won 68.63% (+40.71%)
  06/06/1972 CA District 26 - D Primary Won 86.11% (+81.10%)
  11/03/1970 CA District 26 Won 71.28% (+45.47%)
  06/02/1970 CA District 26 - D Primary Won 78.78% (+57.57%)
  11/05/1968 CA District 26 Won 65.43% (+34.09%)
  06/04/1968 CA District 26 - D Primary Won 76.67% (+53.35%)
  11/08/1966 CA District 26 Won 62.32% (+24.65%)
  06/07/1966 CA District 26 - D Primary Won 75.72% (+51.43%)
  12/15/1965 CA District 26 - Special Runoff Won 59.45% (+18.90%)
  11/23/1965 CA District 26 - Special Election Won 35.31% (+3.07%)
  11/06/1962 CA State Senate 38 Won 54.56% (+9.12%)
  11/08/1960 CA State Assembly 59 Won 56.81% (+13.62%)
  11/04/1958 CA State Assembly 59 Won 56.98% (+13.96%)
  11/06/1956 CA State Assembly 59 Won 50.13% (+0.26%)
  11/02/1954 CA State Assembly 59 Won 49.46% (+18.34%)
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US Vice President - Appointment - Dec 19, 1974 NPA Reject
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