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Clinton D. McKinnon
Clinton Dotson McKinnon (February 5, 1906 – December 29, 2001) was an American Democratic politician and journalist from San Diego, California. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1953.
McKinnon was born in 1906 in Dallas, Texas, to Dr. John and Tennie McKinnon; his mother was a nurse. He was their only child; his father died when he was 12.
He graduated from Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto, California. McKinnon attended Stanford University in 1924, attended the University of Geneva in 1930, and received a BA from University of Redlands in 1930.
McKinnon was a journalist and owned newspapers in Texas and California. In 1942, Time described McKinnon as "a jockey-sized little fireball with unruly black hair and bounding energy" who started several local throwaway newspapers in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley that specialized in neighborhood or industry-focused human interest stories, selling ads to local merchants.
In 1943, McKinnon sold his three LA area papers and bought the three-times-a-week San Diego Progress-Journal. In January 1944, he announced it would be converted to a daily format, making it the only daily newspaper to be established during World War II, the San Diego Daily Journal. The Franklin Roosevelt administration allocated newsprint, then under rationing, to the Daily Journal, allowing it to compete with the Republican San Diego Tribune.
Ahead of his run for Congress, McKinnon sold the paper to journalist John A. Kennedy in 1947; Kennedy sold it to the Union-Tribune Publishing Company in 1950.
Journal alumni include Tribune editor and columnist Neil Morgan and Congressman Lionel Van Deerlin. Van Deerlin recalled:
McKinnon was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1948, defeating Republican incumbent Charles K. Fletcher, founder of Home Federal Savings and Loan. During the campaign, McKinnon hogged the stage for 15 minutes, keeping President Truman from speaking to the crowd waiting for him. Later in Washington, McKinnon apologized to Truman, and Truman glared back at McKinnon, then said: "Well, you got elected, didn't you? That's the only thing that matters."[citation needed]
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Clinton D. McKinnon
Clinton Dotson McKinnon (February 5, 1906 – December 29, 2001) was an American Democratic politician and journalist from San Diego, California. He served two terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1953.
McKinnon was born in 1906 in Dallas, Texas, to Dr. John and Tennie McKinnon; his mother was a nurse. He was their only child; his father died when he was 12.
He graduated from Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto, California. McKinnon attended Stanford University in 1924, attended the University of Geneva in 1930, and received a BA from University of Redlands in 1930.
McKinnon was a journalist and owned newspapers in Texas and California. In 1942, Time described McKinnon as "a jockey-sized little fireball with unruly black hair and bounding energy" who started several local throwaway newspapers in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley that specialized in neighborhood or industry-focused human interest stories, selling ads to local merchants.
In 1943, McKinnon sold his three LA area papers and bought the three-times-a-week San Diego Progress-Journal. In January 1944, he announced it would be converted to a daily format, making it the only daily newspaper to be established during World War II, the San Diego Daily Journal. The Franklin Roosevelt administration allocated newsprint, then under rationing, to the Daily Journal, allowing it to compete with the Republican San Diego Tribune.
Ahead of his run for Congress, McKinnon sold the paper to journalist John A. Kennedy in 1947; Kennedy sold it to the Union-Tribune Publishing Company in 1950.
Journal alumni include Tribune editor and columnist Neil Morgan and Congressman Lionel Van Deerlin. Van Deerlin recalled:
McKinnon was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1948, defeating Republican incumbent Charles K. Fletcher, founder of Home Federal Savings and Loan. During the campaign, McKinnon hogged the stage for 15 minutes, keeping President Truman from speaking to the crowd waiting for him. Later in Washington, McKinnon apologized to Truman, and Truman glared back at McKinnon, then said: "Well, you got elected, didn't you? That's the only thing that matters."[citation needed]
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