US Congressman. He was the first African American from California to be elected to Congress and the oldest living former US Representative. He relocated to California in 1918, engaged in the real estate business and was a member of the State Assembly, 1935 to 1962. In 1963, he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses, serving until 1991. Not a candidate for renomination, he retired and lived in Washington D.C. He acted as director of the Hawkins Family Memorial Foundation of Educational Research and Development, which he founded to give college scholarships to young women in his district. He died of natural causes at the age of 100.
US Congressman. He was the first African American from California to be elected to Congress and the oldest living former US Representative. He relocated to California in 1918, engaged in the real estate business and was a member of the State Assembly, 1935 to 1962. In 1963, he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth Congress and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses, serving until 1991. Not a candidate for renomination, he retired and lived in Washington D.C. He acted as director of the Hawkins Family Memorial Foundation of Educational Research and Development, which he founded to give college scholarships to young women in his district. He died of natural causes at the age of 100.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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