Ron Dellums
Ronald Vernie "Ron" Dellums (November 24, 1935 – July 30, 2018) was an American politician. He was Oakland's forty-eighth mayor. From 1971 to 1998, he was elected to thirteen terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Northern California's 9th Congressional District.
Ron Dellums | |
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| 48th Mayor of Oakland | |
| In office January 8, 2007 – January 3, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Jerry Brown |
| Succeeded by | Jean Quan |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 9th district | |
| In office January 3, 1993 – February 6, 1998 | |
| Preceded by | Pete Stark |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Lee |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 8th district | |
| In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Pete Stark |
| Succeeded by | Nancy Pelosi |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 7th district | |
| In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975 | |
| Preceded by | Jeffery Cohelan |
| Succeeded by | George Miller |
| Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services | |
| In office January 20, 1993 – January 3, 1995 | |
| Preceded by | Les Aspin |
| Succeeded by | Floyd Spence |
| Chairman of the House Committee on the District of Columbia | |
| In office January 3, 1979 – January 20, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Diggs |
| Succeeded by | Pete Stark |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ronald Vernie Dellums November 24, 1935 Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 30, 2018 (aged 82) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Athurine (div.) Leola "Roscoe" Higgs (1962–div 1999) Cynthia Lewis (2000–d. 2018) |
| Children | Erik, Piper, Brandy, Pam and Michael |
| Alma mater | San Francisco State University, B.A. 1960 University of California, Berkeley School of Social Welfare, M.S.W. 1962 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Marine Corps |
| Years of service | 1954–1956 |
| Rank | Private First Class |
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When President Ronald Reagan vetoed Dellums' Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, a Democratic-controlled House and a Republican-controlled Senate overrode Reagan's veto, the first override of a presidential foreign policy veto in the 20th century.[2]
Dellums died on July 30, 2018 in Washington, D.C. from prostate cancer, aged 82.[3]
Ron Dellums Media
Flier for the Black Panther Party's Black Community Survival Conference in Oakland, March 1972
Dellums (center) gives a speech at the second National Black Political Convention as Richard G. Hatcher (left) and Hannah Atkins (right) applaud, March 1974
Dellums (standing, fourth from left) with fellow founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus in 1971
From Wash D.C. 1996
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Dellums in Washington, DC for the United States Conference of Mayors annual meeting in 2013
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References
- ↑ Ronald V. Dellums, Representative from California. Black Americans in CongressOffice of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ↑ Lynn Norment (August 1994). "How African-Americans helped free South Africa". Ebony. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n10_v49/ai_15687226.
- ↑ "Former Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums Dies". ABC7 San Francisco. 30 July 2018. http://abc7news.com/politics/former-oakland-mayor-ron-dellums-dies/3848533/.
Other websites
- Profile at Citymayors.com
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
- Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
- Dellums victory signifies a sea change in Oakland politics Archived 2011-09-19 at the Wayback Machine San Francisco Chronicle, June 19, 2006.
- Ron Dellums's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project.
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