F. Ray Bennett
Democratic
| Date | Party | Office | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-08-1938 | Democratic | AD-51 | 17387 | Win |
| 11-05-1940 | Democratic | AD-51 | 21495 | Win |
| Website: | articles.latimes.com/1999/jan/21/news/mn-189 |
Candidate Biography:
Born: May 25, 1910 in Salt Lake City, Utah
Married: Lynne
Children: Frederick and Susan Cambigue Tracey
Family: Brother of Elwyn S. Bennett
Died: January 15, 1999 in Glendale, CA
1940: Member, Assembly Investigating Committee on Interference With the Legislature ("Call Committee")*
1941: Resigned from the State Assembly on October 20.
1941-1959: Justice, Los Angeles County Municipal Court
1959-1973: Justice, Los Angeles County Superior Court
1991-1998: Justice, Los Angeles County Superior Court
- Bennett was the only member of the Call Committee to disagree with the official findings and issue a Minority Report. Bennett felt that the bugging of "the hotel suite of Speaker Garland must be attributed to over-zealous work of detectives investigating corrupt lobbying..."
- Bennett was was the first UCLA graduate to become a judge and in 1949 organized and served as the first president of the UCLA Alumni Law Assn. [Source: LA Times Obituary]
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)
Source: "Obituaries: F. Ray Bennett; Former Superior Court Judge, Two-Term Assemblyman" by Myrna Oliver, Los Angeles Times (1/21/1999) [LINK]