Ralph Clinton Dills (February 19, 1910 – May 23, 2002) was an American politician in the state of

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

. A Democrat, he served in the

California State Assembly The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature, the upper house being the California State Senate. The Assembly convenes, along with the State Senate, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The A ...

from 1939 to 1949, and in the

California State Senate The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature, the lower house being the California State Assembly. The State Senate convenes, along with the State Assembly, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento, Cal ...

from 1966 to 1998. He is the longest-serving member in the history of the

California Legislature The California State Legislature is a bicameral state legislature consisting of a lower house, the California State Assembly, with 80 members; and an upper house, the California State Senate, with 40 members. Both houses of the Legisla ...

. He was born in

Rosston, Texas Rosston is a small farming and ranching unincorporated area, community in southwestern Cooke County, Texas, Cooke County, Texas, United States. It lies along Farm to Market Road 922, FM 922 along Clear Creek, midway between Forestburg, Texas, Fore ...

and died in

Rocklin, California Rocklin is a city in Placer County, California, about from Sacramento, and about northeast of Roseville in the Sacramento metropolitan area. Besides Roseville, it shares borders with Granite Bay, Loomis and Lincoln. As of the 2010 census, Ro ...

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1910 births 2002 deaths Democratic Party members of the California State Assembly Democratic Party California state senators 20th-century American legislators People from Cooke County, Texas People from Rocklin, California University of California, Los Angeles alumni University of Southern California alumni McGeorge School of Law alumni 20th-century California politicians {{California-CAAssembly-stub