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52nd ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

Assemblymember Mervyn M. Dymally (D)

	State Capitol PO Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0052 Phone: (916) 319-2052 Fax: (916) 319-2152 Email: Assemblymember.Dymally@assembly.ca.gov Webpage: http://democrats.assembly.ca.gov/members/a52/
First Elected: 1962. Left the Assembly in 1966.  Again elected to the Assembly in 2002.	District Office 322 W Compton Blvd, Ste 100 Compton, CA 90220 Phone: (310) 223-1201

Assemblymember Mervyn Dymally was first elected to the California Assembly in 1962. In 1966, he became the first African American to serve in the California State Senate. In 1974, he again made history when he was elected become California's first African-American Lieutenant Governor. In 1980, he achieved yet another first when he was elected to Congress from South Los Angeles County, becoming the first foreign-born African-American to serve in the U. S. Congress. He retired from Congress in 1992.

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