Ron Dellums, a Congressman Ready-Made for the Camera
Some of Roll Call‘s best photos of the late California Democrat
Former Rep. Ronald V. Dellums, D-Calif., attends the U.S. Conference of Mayors 84th winter meeting at the Capitol Hilton in January 2016. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Former Rep. Ronald V. Dellums, who died Monday at the age of 82, cut a striking figure in the halls of Congress, a tall, well-dressed man whose presence cameras gravitated toward. Here is a short selection of some of Roll Call’s favorite pictures of the California Democrat, who was first elected to his Oakland-area district in 1970 and served until stepping down in the middle of his 14th term in 1998.
Dellums in August 1983. (CQ Roll Call)Dellums jumps rope prior to the Great American Workout event in May 1991. (Maureen Keating/CQ Roll Call file photo)Congressional Black Caucus Members with actor Melvin Van Peebles outside the U.S. Capitol. From left, Reps. Augustus F. Hawkins, D-Calif., William L. Clay, D-Mo., Parren J. Mitchell, D-Md., and Robert N. C. Nix Sr., D-Pa., Dellums, Van Peebles, Reps. Louis Stokes, D-Ohio, Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, D-Calif., Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., and Barbara Jordan, D-Texas. (Dev O’Neill/CQ Roll Call file photo)Dellums and Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., at Inauguration Day for President Bill Clinton on Jan. 20, 1993. (Maureen Keating/CQ Roll Call file photo)Dellums and Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., have a good time at sock-hop dancing at the 1993 Democratic Issues Conference in Baltimore at Johns Hopkins. (Maureen Keating/CQ Roll Call file photo)Dellums in 1991. (Maureen Keating/CQ Roll Call file photo)
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