Don Clausen
Donald Clausen | |
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Clement W. Miller | |
Succeeded by | Douglas H. Bosco (Redistricting) |
Constituency | 1st District (1963–1975) 2nd District (1975–1983) |
Personal details | |
Born | Donald Holst Clausen April 27, 1923 Pacific Theater, World War II |
Donald Holst Clausen (April 27, 1923 – February 7, 2015) was an American businessman, World War II veteran, and politician who served ten terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1983.
Biography
Born in Ferndale, California, Clausen graduated from elementary and high schools of Ferndale,[1] where he was an honors student and lettered five sports: tennis, track, basketball, football and baseball as well as being the drum major of the school band.[2]
He attended
Congress
Clausen was elected as a
Clausen authored the bill creating the Lady Bird Johnson Grove in the Redwood National Park.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the
The Don Clausen Fish Hatchery in Sonoma County[3] was named in his honor and the Redwood National Park Bypass on US Highway 101 was renamed the Don Clausen Highway in 1996 by act of the California Legislature due to his efforts at obtaining appropriations for building that road and the Redwood National Park Visitor Center.[4]
Death and legacy
Clausen died in a hospital on February 7, 2015, in
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic
|
Clement Woodnutt Miller (Incumbent)
|
100,962 | 50.8 | |
Republican
|
Donald H. Clausen
|
97,949 | 49.2 | |
Total votes | 198,911 | 100.0 | ||
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Democratic hold
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican
|
Don H. Clausen
|
54.2 | ||||
Democratic
|
William F. Grader | 44.7 | ||||
Democratic
|
John C. Stuart (write-in) | 1.1 | ||||
Total votes | 100.0 | |||||
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Democratic
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican
|
Donald H. Clausen (Incumbent)
|
141,048 | 59.1 | |
Democratic
|
George McCabe | 97,651 | 40.9 | |
Total votes | 238,699 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican
|
Donald H. Clausen (Incumbent)
|
143,755 | 65.1 | |
Democratic
|
Thomas T. Storer | 77,000 | 34.9 | |
Total votes | 220,755 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican
|
Donald H. Clausen (Incumbent)
|
132,433 | 75.1 | |
Democratic
|
Donald W. Graham | 37,650 | 21.4 | |
Peace and Freedom | Adolph N. Hofmann | 3,372 | 1.9 | |
American Independent | Gladys O'Neil | 2,882 | 1.6 | |
Total votes | 176,337 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican
|
Donald H. Clausen (Incumbent)
|
108,358 | 63.5 | |
Democratic
|
William Kortum | 62,688 | 36.5 | |
Total votes | 171,046 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican
|
Donald H. Clausen (Incumbent)
|
140,807 | 62.2 | |
Democratic
|
William A. Nighswonger | 77,138 | 34.1 | |
Peace and Freedom | Jonathan T. Ames | 8,470 | 3.7 | |
Total votes | 226,145 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold
|
1974
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican
|
Donald H. Clausen (incumbent )
|
95,508 | 53 | |
Democratic
|
Oscar H. Klee | 76,951 | 42.7 | |
Peace and Freedom | Carole J. Glass | 7,719 | 4.3 | |
Total votes | 180,178 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican
|
Donald H. Clausen (incumbent )
|
121,290 | 56.0 | |
Democratic
|
Oscar H. Klee | 88,829 | 41.0 | |
Peace and Freedom | Robert B. "Bob" Allred | 6,444 | 3.0 | |
Total votes | 216,563 | 100 | ||
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Republican hold
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican
|
Donald H. Clausen (incumbent )
|
114,451 | 52.0 | |
Democratic
|
Norma Bork | 99,712 | 45.3 | |
Peace and Freedom | Irv Sutley | 6,097 | 2.8 | |
Total votes | 220,260 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican
|
Donald H. Clausen (incumbent )
|
141,698 | 54.2 | |
Democratic
|
Norma K. Bork | 109,789 | 42.0 | |
Libertarian
|
Daniel Mosier | 6,833 | 2.6 | |
Peace and Freedom | Linda D. Wren | 3,354 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 261,674 | 100.0 | ||
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Republican hold
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District 1
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Douglas H. Bosco | 107,749 | 49.85 | |||
Republican | Don H. Clausen (incumbent )
|
102,043 | 47.21 | |||
Libertarian | David Redick | 6,374 | 2.95 | |||
Total votes | 216,166 | 100.00 | ||||
Turnout | {{{votes}}} | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Bioguide Search". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
- ^ a b c d e f Retired congressman from Ferndale to celebrate 90th birthday April 27, The Ferndale Enterprise, April 18, 2013
- ^ "Lake Sonoma and Fish Hatchery in Sonoma County, California". www.parks.sonoma.net. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
- ^ "ACR 92 Assembly Concurrent Resolution - CHAPTERED". www.leginfo.ca.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
- OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ GUY KOVNER (February 9, 2015). "Longtime lawmaker Don Clausen dies at 91". Press Democrat. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
- ^ "Don H. Clausen Congressional Papers: Finding Aid - Humboldt Room - HSU Library Special Collections". library.humboldt.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
- ^ 1962 election results
- ^ 1963 special election results
- ^ 1964 election results
- ^ 1966 election results
- ^ 1968 election results
- ^ 1970 election results
- ^ 1972 election results
- ^ 1974 election results
- ^ 1976 election results
- ^ 1978 election results
- ^ 1980 election results
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress