Clinton D. McKinnon

Clinton Dotson McKinnon ( born February 5, 1906 in Dallas, Texas, † December 29, 2001 in La Jolla, California ) was an American politician. Between 1949 and 1953 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Clinton McKinnon attended Palo Alto High School in California and then studied until 1924 at Stanford University. This is followed by further studies at the University of Redlands and the University of Geneva in Switzerland joined, where he graduated in 1930. Full-time McKinnon was working as a journalist. He was both newspaper publishers and editors. Later came another radio station added. In the meantime, he was also a bank president. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1948, McKinnon was the 23rd electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Charles K. Fletcher on January 3, 1949. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1953 two legislative sessions. These were shaped by the events of the Cold War and the Korean War. In Congress do McKinnon began in San Diego for various water projects. In 1952 he gave up another run for the U.S. House of Representatives and unsuccessfully sought instead his party's nomination for election to the U.S. Senate. In the years 1952 and 1956 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions relevant. After he retired from politics. Clinton McKinnon died on December 29, 2001 in La Jolla.