Myron H. Frew
Democratic
Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
11-02-1954 | Democratic | AD-35 | 22938 | Loss |
06-05-1956 | Democratic | AD-35 | 16051 | Loss |
11-06-1956 | Democratic | AD-35 | 31509 | Win |
11-04-1958 | Democratic | AD-35 | 33178 | Win |
11-08-1960 | Democratic | AD-35 | 34877 | Win |
11-06-1962 | Democratic | AD-35 | 32556 | Win |
11-03-1964 | Democratic | AD-35 | 34720 | Loss |
Candidate Biography:
Born: October 26, 1896 in Bradshaw, Nebraska
Married: Dorothy G. Williams (m. 1944)
Children: Joanne and Erlaine
University: University of Southern California
Military Service: ARMY (WWI)
Died: November 1983
1931-1942: Employee, State Board of Equalization
1950s: Member, Dinuba City Council
1952-1953: Acting Postmaster, City of Dinuba
- Supreme Court Decision: In June 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law which had most recently been amended by George G. Crawford, Frank Luckel, Jack Schrade, and Myron H. Frew, AB 2276 (1957), was unconstitutional. The law, which criminalized narcotics addiction, was found to violate the Eighth Amendment's protection against cruel and unusual punishment. (Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660 (1962)
Source: California Blue Book (1958), (1963)
Source: Members of the California Legislature and Other State Officials by the California Teamsters Legislative Council (1957 ed.)