Del M. Clawson | |
Office: | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California |
Term Start: | June 11, 1963 |
Term End: | December 31, 1978 |
Successor: | Wayne R. Grisham |
Constituency: | 23rd district (1963–75) 33rd district (1975–78) |
Office1: | Mayor of Compton, California |
Term Start1: | 1957 |
Term End1: | 1963 |
Predecessor1: | Frank G. Bussing |
Successor1: | Chester R. Crain |
Office2: | City Council of Compton, California |
Term Start2: | 1953 |
Term End2: | 1957 |
Birthname: | Delwin Morgan Clawson[1] |
Birth Date: | 11 January 1914 |
Birth Place: | Thatcher, Arizona, U.S. |
Death Place: | Downey, California, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Gila College |
Party: | Republican |
Delwin Morgan Clawson (January 11, 1914 – May 5, 1992) was an American politician. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He also served as mayor of Compton, California.
Clawson was born in Thatcher, Arizona, and attended Gila College there in 1933 and 1934. He was manager of the Mutual Housing Association of Compton from 1947 to 1963.
Clawson was elected as a member of the City Council of Compton and served from 1953 to 1957. He then served as mayor of Compton, California, from 1957 to 1963.
After the death of Clyde Doyle, he was elected as a Republican to the 88th Congress, by special election. He was reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses and served until his retirement at the end of his last term on December 31, 1978.
Clawson was a Latter-day Saint.[2] He was the son of Charles M. Clawson and Edna Allen.[1]
Clawson died in Downey, California, on May 5, 1992.[1]