Ray Williamson
Republican
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-04-1924 | Republican | AD-26 | 8834 | Win |
| 11-02-1926 | Republican | AD-26 | 8503 | Win |
| 11-06-1928 | Republican | AD-26 | 7240 | Win |
| 11-04-1930 | Republican | AD-26 | 7652 | Win |
| 11-08-1932 | Republican | AD-26 | 11952 | Win |
| 11-06-1934 | Republican | AD-26 | 14206 | Win |
| 11-03-1936 | Republican | AD-26 | 14992 | Win |
| 11-08-1938 | Republican | AD-26 | 16938 | Win |
| 11-05-1940 | Republican | AD-26 | 13293 | Loss |
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Candidate Biography:
Raymond Daniel Williamson, Sr.
Born: May 19, 1895 in San Francisco, CA
Married: Pauline Luby (m. 1926)
Child: Raymond D. Jr.
Military Service: (WWI)
Died: March 21, 1973 in San Francisco, CA
1939: Candidate for Assembly Speaker (Lost; 34 to 43)
1940: Member, Assembly Investigating Committee on Interference With the Legislature ("Call Committee")
- Raymond D. Williamson, Jr. was a judge, serving on a San Francisco County Municipal Court (1972-1985) and Superior Court (1985-1998).
- It was Assemblyman Williams who, in 1928, was challenged in the AD-26 Republican Primary by first-time candidate Edmund Gerald Brown. Williams won the Republican Primary (receiving more votes than the other candidates (Frank M. Goodban and Brown) as well as the Democratic Primary.
- Military: During WWI, Williamson served in the 62nd Coast Artillery Corps.
- LEGISLATION: Author of AB 86 (Chapter 352, Stats of 1935) which established the California Department of Employment, today known as the Employment Development Department (EDD). The six authors were C. C. Cottrell, William Moseley Jones, Jesse M. Mayo, William B. Hornblower, Melvyn Cronin, and Ray Williamson.
Source: California Blue Book (1928)
Source: "Assembly Investigating Committee on Interference With the Legislature" printed in the Journal of the California State Assembly, 1st Ex. Session of 1940 (pages 870-889)