Tom C. Carrell | |
Birth Date: | 10 July 1900 |
Birth Place: | Cooper, Texas |
Death Place: | Honolulu, Hawaii |
State Senate: | California |
District: | 22nd |
Term: | January 2, 1967 – October 15, 1972 |
Preceded: | Hugh P. Donnelly |
Succeeded: | Alan Robbins |
State Assembly1: | California |
District1: | 41st |
Term1: | December 30, 1959 – January 2, 1967 |
Preceded1: | Allen Miller |
Succeeded1: | David Negri |
Party: | Democratic |
Spouse: | Dolphia Carmack Shirley |
Children: | 3 |
Battles: | World War II |
Tom Cumming Carrell (July 10, 1900 – October 15, 1972) was an American politician.
Carrell was born on July 10, 1900, in Cooper, Texas.[1] He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and he received a master's degree in education from the University of Southern California.[1]
During World War II, he served in the United States Army.[2]
Carrell as a Democratic member of the California State Assembly for the 41st district from 1959 to 1967,[3] and the California State Senate for the 22nd district from 1967 to 1972.[4] As state senator, he objected to Southern California Edison's chairman Jack K. Horton's plan to increase electricity rates by 16% in 1971.[5]
Carrell died on October 15, 1972, in Honolulu, Hawaii.[4]