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{{Short description|American politician (1899–1973)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Dalip Singh Saund
| image = DS Saund.jpg
| caption = Official portrait, {{circa|1961}}
| state = [[California]]
| district = {{ushr|CA|29|r}}
| term_start = January 3, 1957
| term_end = January 3, 1963
| predecessor = [[John J. Phillips]]
| successor = [[Patrick M. Martin]] (redistricting)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1899|9|20}}
| birth_place = Chhajulwadi, [[Amritsar district]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|1973|4|22|1899|9|20}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
| resting_place =
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| father =
| mother =
| spouse = Marian Kosa
| children =
| relatives = [[Daleep Singh]] (Great-grandnephew)
| education = [[University of the Punjab]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br />[[University of California, Berkeley]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
| citizenship = British India (1899–1947)<br />India (1947–1949)<br />United States (1949–1973)
| signature =
| native_name = ਦਲੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੌਂਧ
| native_name_lang = pa
}}
'''Dalip Singh Saund''' ({{Langx|pa|ਦਲੀਪ ਸਿੰਘ ਸੌਂਧ|Dalīp Siṅgh Saundh|label=}}; September 20, 1899 – April 22, 1973) was an Indian-born American farmer, lobbyist, [[judicial officer]], academic, and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] politician who served in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1957 to 1963. He was the first [[Sikhism in the United States|Sikh]], [[Punjabi Americans|Punjabi American]], [[Indian Americans|Indian American]], and first [[Asian Americans|Asian American]] elected to the [[United States Congress]]. As a resident of [[Westmoreland, California]], Saund represented {{ushr|CA|29}}, which at the time consisted of [[Imperial County, California|Imperial]] and [[Riverside County, California|Riverside]] counties.

Born in Chhajulwadi, [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]], Saund studied at [[Prince of Wales College]] and [[University of the Punjab]], where he was active in the [[Indian independence movement]]. In 1920, he immigrated to the United States to continue his studies at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], where he earned a [[Master of Arts]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D]]. After marrying and settling in California's [[Imperial Valley]] as a farmer, he continued his activism for Indian independence and established the Indian Association of America, lobbying for the eligibility of Indians for naturalization, which was permitted under the [[Luce–Celler Act]] of 1946. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1949.

As a long-time supporter of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], Saund became active in local Democratic Party politics, winning a local election for a [[justice of the peace]] in 1952. Despite the area's strong [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] tendency at the time, Saund was elected to an open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1956. As a member of the [[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|House Committee on Foreign Affairs]], he was a critic of [[United States foreign policy in the Middle East]] and conducted a tour of Asia where he met with [[David Ben-Gurion]], [[Sukarno]], and [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. He won election to three terms before he was hospitalized for a debilitating stroke in 1962 and defeated by Republican [[Patrick M. Martin]]. He died after a second stroke in 1973.

==Early life==
[[File:Dalip Singh Saund with family, Aneka Amerika 102 (1957), p15.jpg|thumb|Family portrait photograph of the Saund family in 1957]]
Dalip Singh Saund was born in Chhajulwadi, [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab Province]], [[British Raj|British India]], on September 20, 1899, to [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[Sikhs|Sikh]] parents Natha Singh and Jeoni Kaur. His father died when he was ten years old. He attended [[Govt. Gandhi Memorial Science College|Prince of Wales College]].{{sfn|Pradhan|1996|pp=240}}<ref name="article">{{cite news |last=Mackaye |first=Milton |date=August 2, 1958 |title=U.S. Congressman from Asia |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_saturday-evening-post_1958-08-02_231_5 |work=[[The Saturday Evening Post]]}}</ref> Saund supported the [[Indian independence movement]] while studying at the [[University of the Punjab]]. In 1919, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from the University of Punjab.<ref name="life"/><ref name="life2">{{Cite news |title=SAUND, Dalip Singh (Judge) |work=[[United States House of Representatives]] |url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/21228 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200824205335/https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/21228 |archive-date=August 24, 2020}}</ref>

In 1920, Saund immigrated to the United States using money from his brother to study food preservation at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and arrived on September 27.<ref name="life">{{Cite news |date=December 19, 2008 |title=Breaking Barriers: Congressman Dalip Singh Saund |work=[[Pew Research Center]] |url=https://www.pewforum.org/2008/12/19/breaking-barriers-congressman-dalip-singh-saund/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200824204903/https://www.pewforum.org/2008/12/19/breaking-barriers-congressman-dalip-singh-saund/ |archive-date=August 24, 2020}}</ref><ref name="life2"/>{{sfn|Pradhan|1996|pp=241}} He did not return to India until 1957.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 3, 1958 |title=Congressman Finds Indians Like U.S. |page=3 |work=[[The Olympian]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114444979/the-olympian/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221211134010/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114444979/the-olympian/ |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He graduated with a Master of Arts in 1922, and Ph.D. in 1924. He married Marian Z. Kosa, with whom he had three children, on July 21, 1928.<ref name="life2"/>{{sfn|Pradhan|1996|pp=241}}

Saund became a farmer in the [[Imperial Valley]] in 1925. His book ''My Mother India'', a response to [[Katherine Mayo]]'s ''[[Mother India (book)|Mother India]]'', was published by [[Stockton, California]]'s Sikh temple in 1930. He organized the Indian Association of America and served as its first president in 1942. He and the organization lobbied for legislation to allow Indians to be eligible for [[naturalization]]. The [[Luce–Celler Act]] was passed in 1946, and Saund gained American citizenship on December 16, 1949.{{sfn|Pradhan|1996|pp=241-242}}<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 24, 1973 |title=Dalip Saund, 73; Former Congressman |page=46 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57972204/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200824204147/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57972204/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=August 24, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="life2"/>

==Career==
===Early politics===
Saund supported [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] during the [[1932 United States presidential election|1932 presidential election]]. He worked for Glen Killingsworth, the Justice of the Peace of [[Westmorland, California|Westmoreland]] in [[Imperial County, California|Imperial County]]. Saund was elected to the Imperial County Democratic Central Committee without opposition in 1950, with the aid of Killingsworth, who died shortly afterwards. He was later elected as head of the committee in 1954.<ref name="life2"/>{{sfn|Saund|1960}} He served as a delegate to the [[1952 Democratic National Convention|1952]], [[1956 Democratic National Convention|1956]], and [[1960 Democratic National Convention]]s.<ref>{{Cite news |title=SAUND, Dalip Singh (Judge) (1899-1973) |work=[[United States House of Representatives]] |url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=s000075 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200824210919/https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=s000075 |archive-date=August 24, 2020}}</ref>

Saund ran for Justice of the Peace in the 1950 election, but was not allowed to take the position as he had not been a U.S. citizen for long enough.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 11, 2012 |title=Dalip Singh Saund - First Asian in Congress |work=Clevland.com |url=https://www.cleveland.com/asian-indian-heritage-project/2012/05/dalip_singh_saund_-_first_asia.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200824211450/https://www.cleveland.com/asian-indian-heritage-project/2012/05/dalip_singh_saund_-_first_asia.html |archive-date=August 24, 2020}}</ref> In 1951, Saund attempted to be appointed by the [[Imperial County, California|Imperial County]] Board of Supervisors, but they selected Frank Lyall instead. Saund defeated Lyall in the 1952 election to become Justice of the Peace of Westmoreland.<ref name="life"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 22, 1952 |title=Justice Race Decided |page=7 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57974429/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200824205829/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57974429/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=August 24, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="article"/> He claimed to be the only native Indian holding office in the United States at the time.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 22, 1952 |title=India-Born Man In Congress Bid |page=26 |work=[[Des Moines Tribune]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57974647/des-moines-tribune/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200824210207/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57974647/des-moines-tribune/ |archive-date=August 24, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

===United States House of Representatives===
====Elections====
[[File:Dalip Singh Saund.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Saund during his tenure in the [[United States House of Representatives]]]]
During the [[1956 United States House of Representatives elections|1956 election]], Saund ran to replace [[John R. Phillips (American politician)|John R. Phillips]], who was retiring, as the United States representative from {{ushr|CA|29}}.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 20, 1956 |title=Area Voters Face Loss of Judgeship |page=7 |work=The Pomona Progress Bulletin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58604812/the-pomona-progress-bulletin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200903234119/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58604812/the-pomona-progress-bulletin/ |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> On April 16, a legal challenge was filed against Saund claiming that he had not been a U.S. citizen long enough to run in the election, but the challenge was dismissed by the [[California Courts of Appeal|4th District California Court of Appeal]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 17, 1956 |title=Judge's Status As Citizen Challenged |page=9 |work=[[Oakland Tribune]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58604922/oakland-tribune/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200903234129/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58604922/oakland-tribune/ |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=April 21, 1956 |title=Challenge of Judge Saund's Candidacy Taken to High Court |page=25 |work=[[The San Bernardino Sun]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58605187/the-san-bernardino-county-sun/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200903235106/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58605187/the-san-bernardino-county-sun/ |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He won the Democratic nomination and later defeated Republican nominee [[Jacqueline Cochran]] in the general election despite [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] winning the area in the [[1956 United States presidential election in California|presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 6, 1956 |title=1956 Democratic primary |page=1 |work=The Pomona Progress Bulletin |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58605791/the-pomona-progress-bulletin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200903235500/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58605791/the-pomona-progress-bulletin/ |archive-date=September 3, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=September 15, 1958 |title=1956 election results |page=5 |work=[[United States House of Representatives]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58605791/the-pomona-progress-bulletin/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724123849/http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1956election.pdf |archive-date=July 24, 2020}}</ref><ref name="article"/> He became the first and only [[Sikhs|Sikh]] elected to the [[United States Congress]] as well as the first [[Indian Americans|Indian]] and [[Asian Americans|Asian American]] elected to Congress.<ref name="life"/><ref>{{Cite news |title=Dalip Singh Saund Collection |work=[[South Asian American Digital Archive]] |url=https://www.saada.org/collection/dalip-singh-saund-collection |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200904000217/https://www.saada.org/collection/dalip-singh-saund-collection |archive-date=September 4, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Saund defeated John Babbage, a former member of the [[California State Legislature]], in the [[1958 United States House of Representatives elections|1958 election]] and Charles H. Jameson in the [[1960 United States House of Representatives elections|1960 election]].{{sfn|Moore|Preimesberger|Tarr|2001|pp=1117}}{{sfn|Moore|Preimesberger|Tarr|2001|pp=1122}}<ref name="article"/> He won renomination against Rya E. Hiller during the [[1962 United States House of Representatives elections|1962 election]], despite being hospitalized for a stroke he had on May 1, but was defeated by Republican nominee [[Patrick M. Martin]] after being hospitalized at the [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center|National Naval Medical Center]] for the entire campaign.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 6, 1962 |title=Rep. Saund Wins Renomination |page=5 |work=[[Press-Telegram]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114602226/press-telegram/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214114358/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114602226/press-telegram/ |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=August 10, 1962 |title=Secrecy Hides Saund Illness |page=6 |work=[[Napa Valley Register]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114602235/the-napa-valley-register/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214114551/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114602235/the-napa-valley-register/ |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 7, 1962 |title=Ailing Saund Loses Race |page=2 |work=[[Daily Times-Advocate]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114602477/times-advocate/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214120122/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114602477/times-advocate/ |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>{{sfn|Moore|Preimesberger|Tarr|2001|pp=1127}}

====Tenure====
Following his election to the United States House of Representatives, Saund stated that he wanted a seat on the House Interior Committee to make sure that his district received a fair share of the Colorado River's water.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 19, 1956 |title=Saund Seeks Appointment To House Interior Committee |page=1 |work=The Desert Sun |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58607187/the-desert-sun/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200905153854/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58607187/the-desert-sun/ |archive-date=September 5, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 1957, he was appointed to serve on a sub-committee in the [[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 3, 1957 |title=Congressman Born in India to Visit There |page=7 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58694903/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200905154605/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58694903/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=September 5, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Saund stated during the 1956 election that he would travel to Asia if elected.{{sfn|Saund|1960}} He conducted a tour of multiple eastern Asian countries which included visits to [[Japan]], [[Taiwan]], [[British Hong Kong]], the [[History of the Philippines (1946–1965)|Philippines]], [[South Vietnam]], [[Indonesia]], [[Thailand]], [[Post-independence Burma, 1948–1962|Burma]], [[India]], and [[Pakistan]] in 1957. He also visited [[Israel]], where he met with Prime Minister [[David Ben-Gurion]], on his way returning to the United States.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 24, 1957 |title=Representative Will Tour Asia |page=12 |work=Appeal-Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58695607/appeal-democrat/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200905160339/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58695607/appeal-democrat/ |archive-date=September 5, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 27, 1957 |title=Saund Visits Israel Chief |page=5 |work=Independent |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58695563/independent/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200905160510/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58695563/independent/ |archive-date=September 5, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In Indonesia he met with President [[Sukarno]] and in India he met with Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 14, 1957 |title=Saund In Indonesia |page=2 |work=Daily Independent Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58696109/daily-independent-journal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200905160910/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58696109/daily-independent-journal/ |archive-date=September 5, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=November 26, 1957 |title=Saund, Family Arrive In India For 3 Week Visit |page=29 |work=[[The Sacramento Bee]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58696114/the-sacramento-bee/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200905161042/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58696114/the-sacramento-bee/ |archive-date=September 5, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Singh voted in favor of both the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42|title=HR 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.}}</ref> and the [[Civil Rights Act of 1960]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/h106|title=HR 8601. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1960. APPROVAL BY THE HOUSE OF THE SENATE'S AMENDMENTS.}}</ref>

==Death==
Saund was moved to be hospitalized at [[UCLA Medical Center]] in January 1963 following the earlier stroke he had suffered in May 1962 while flying to Washington, D.C.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 13, 1963 |title=Saund Moved to UCLA |page=6 |work=[[The San Bernardino Sun]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114602690/the-san-bernardino-county-sun/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214121617/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114602690/the-san-bernardino-county-sun/ |archive-date=December 14, 2022 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He died on April 22, 1973, following a second stroke in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], California.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 24, 1973 |title=Ex-lawmaker dies |page=9 |work=[[Star Tribune|The Minneapolis Star]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57972308/the-minneapolis-star/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200824203319/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57972308/the-minneapolis-star/ |archive-date=August 24, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> Twenty-four members of the United States House of Representatives paid tribute to Saund on the House [[Floor (legislative)|floor]] and a memorial service was held.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 19, 1973 |title=Veysey Issues Saund Tribute |page=5 |work=[[The Desert Sun]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57972734/the-desert-sun/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200824203907/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57972734/the-desert-sun/ |archive-date=August 24, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==Political positions==
In 1957, Saund criticized the United States for its policy of "buying kings and protecting oil" in the Middle East while ignoring the people. He stated that the British had done a similar policy in India and were "tossed out of India". He stated that the same thing would happen to the United States if it continued the policy.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 23, 1957 |title=US Congressman Warns Of Stakes In Red Cold War |page=11 |work=Appeal-Democrat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58695129/appeal-democrat/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200905155138/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58695129/appeal-democrat/ |archive-date=September 5, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He praised President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] for his stand against the United Kingdom, France, and Israel during the [[Suez Crisis]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 2, 1957 |title=Saund Lauds Eisenhower on Suez Stand |page=87 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58696359/the-los-angeles-times/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200905161346/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58696359/the-los-angeles-times/ |archive-date=September 5, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He criticized the [[United States Department of State]] for giving a more elaborate welcome to Queen [[Elizabeth II]] than any Asian leader.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 29, 1957 |title=Greater U.S. Courtesy To Asians Urged |page=2 |work=Daily Independent Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58695114/daily-independent-journal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200905155343/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58695114/daily-independent-journal/ |archive-date=September 5, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He defended the United States during the [[Little Rock Crisis]] while on tour in Japan stating that in "thirty-five out of the forty-eight states of the Union there was no discrimination against Negroes in schools or public places".{{sfn|Saund|1960}}

==Electoral history==
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|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Dalip Singh Saund
|votes = 54,989
|percentage = 51.55%
|change =
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|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = [[Jacqueline Cochran]]
|votes = 51,690
|percentage = 48.45%
|change =
}}
{{Election box total|
|votes = 106,679
|percentage = 100.00%
|change =
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|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Dalip Singh Saund (incumbent)
|votes = 64,518
|percentage = 62.39%
|change = +10.84%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = John Babbage
|votes = 38,899
|percentage = 37.61%
|change = -10.84%
}}
{{Election box total|
|votes = 103,417
|percentage = 100.00%
|change =
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{{Election box begin|title = 1960 United States House of Representatives California's 29th congressional district election{{sfn|Moore|Preimesberger|Tarr|2001|pp=1122}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Dalip Singh Saund (incumbent)
|votes = 76,139
|percentage = 57.05%
|change = -5.34%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Charles H. Jameson
|votes = 57,319
|percentage = 42.95%
|change = +5.34%
}}
{{Election box total|
|votes = 133,458
|percentage = 100.00%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title = 1962 United States House of Representatives California's 38th congressional district election{{sfn|Moore|Preimesberger|Tarr|2001|pp=1127}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = [[Patrick M. Martin]]
|votes = 68,583
|percentage = 55.94%
|change = +12.99%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Dalip Singh Saund (incumbent)
|votes = 54,022
|percentage = 44.06%
|change = -12.99%
}}
{{Election box total|
|votes = 122,605
|percentage = 100.00%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
*[[List of Asian Americans and Pacific Islands Americans in the United States Congress]]
*[[List of Asian American jurists]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Works cited==
* {{cite book|editor-last1=Moore |editor-first1=John |editor-last2=Preimesberger |editor-first2=Jon |editor-last3=Tarr |editor-first3=David |title=Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections |publisher=[[Congressional Quarterly]] |year=2001 |isbn=1568026021 |url=https://archive.org/details/congressionalqua0002unse |url-access=registration}}
* {{cite book|last=Pradhan |first=Sachin |title=India in the United States: Contributions of Indian & Indians in the United States of America |publisher=SP Press International |date=1996 |url=https://archive.org/details/indiainunitedsta0000prad |isbn=0961712910}}
* {{cite book|last=Saund |first=Dalip |title=Congressman From India |publisher=[[E. P. Dutton]] |date=1960}}

==External links==
* [http://www.saadigitalarchive.org/collection/dalip-singh-saund Dalip Singh Saund materials in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)]
* {{Find a Grave|7926672|Dalip Singh Saund}}
* [http://www.saund.org/dalipsaund/ The Dalip Singh Saund web site from the family archives]

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Dalip Singh Saund - Revision history

Pandit debotosh dey at 22:53, 18 March 2026