Augustus F. Hawkins

A Representative from California. Born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La. , August 31, 1907. In 1918, moved to Los Angeles, Calif. , with his parents. Attended local public schools. Graduated from Jefferson High School in 1926, from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1931, and from the University of Southern California in 1932. Engaged in the real estate business in 1941. Member of the State assembly, 1935-1962. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1991). Chairman, Committee on House Administration (Ninety-seventh and Ninety-eighth Congresses), Committee on Education and Labor (Ninety-eighth through One Hundred First Congresses), Joint Committee on Printing (Ninety-sixth and Ninety-eighth Congresses), Joint Committee on the Library (Ninety-seventh Congress). Was not a candidate for renomination in 1990 to the One Hundred Second Congress. Died on November 10, 2007, in Bethesda, Md. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.