Andrew J. Hinshaw

CA Blue Book

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-07-1972	Republican	CD-39	149081	Win
11-05-1974	Republican	CD-40	116449	Win

Candidate Biography:

Andrew Jackson Hinshaw
Born:  August 4, 1923 in Dexter, Missouri
University: University of Southern California (BS; 1950)
Military Service: USN (WWII)
Died: January 21, 2016, in San Bernardino Co., CA

1960s: Staff, California State Board of Equalization
1960s: Staff, Los Angeles County Assessor's Office
1965-1972: County Assessor, Orange County
1976: Primary Candidate for CD-40 (Lost)

• An incumbent who lost their party primary (in 1976).
• LEGAL TROUBLES: In May 1975, Hinshaw was charged with 11 felonies, eight of which were dismissed prior to trial. In January 1976, Hinshaw was found not guilty of one charge and guilty of two felony charges of bribery "for acts occurring while he served as assessor of Orange County." House Resolution 1392 (1976; by Congressman Wiggins) would have resolved that Hinshaw be expelled from the House of Representatives. Bribery [House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct Report]

Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]