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Myron H. Frew

Democratic

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CA Blue Book
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. CrawfordFrank LuckelJack 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.)