Ralph C. Dills

Ralph Clinton Dills (February 19, 1910 – May 23, 2002) was an American politician in the state of California. A Democrat, he served in the California State Assembly from 1939 to 1949, and in the California State Senate from 1966 to 1998. He is the longest-serving member in the history of the California Legislature. He was born in Rosston, Texas and died in Rocklin, California.

During the 1940 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Dills joined a left-wing slate pledged to lieutenant governor Ellis E. Patterson for president. They opposed incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt on the grounds he was focusing too much on foreign affairs and not enough on domestic unemployment. The Patterson slate lost to Roosevelt's by a margin of fifteen to one.