Ed Royce
Ed Royce
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California’s 40th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 1993
Preceded by
William E. Dannemeyer
Born
October 12, 1951
(1951-10-12)
Los Angeles, California
Political party Republican
Spouse
Marie Therese Porter Royce
Residence
Fullerton, California
Alma mater
California State University,
Fullerton
Occupation
tax consultant
Religion
Roman Catholic
Edward Randall "Ed" Royce (born October
12, 1951) is an American politician. He has
been a Republican member of the United
States House of Representatives since 1993,
representing the 40th District of California
(map) in northern Orange County, including
portions of Stanton, Cypress, Buena Park,
Fullerton, Anaheim, Placentia, and Orange.
Previously, he had served as representative
from the 39th District of California.
Born in Los Angeles, California, and
graduating from Katella High School in Ana-
heim, Royce went on to earn his B.A. in Ac-
counting and Finance in 1977 from the Cali-
fornia State University, Fullerton. He was a
business owner and corporate tax manager
for a Portland cement company before be-
coming a California State Senator in 1983,
serving in that post until his election to the
U.S. House of Representatives. Royce is mar-
ried to the former Marie Porter.
In the House, Royce is a member of the
Financial Services Committee and the For-
eign Affairs Committee, where he previously
served as chairman of its Subcommittee on
International
Terrorism
and
Nonproliferation.
Positions
As a State Senator, Royce sponsored the na-
tion’s first statewide stalking law in the coun-
try designed to protect victims and making it
a crime punishable by 4 years in prison.[1]
The California Legislature passed his bill
after four women were killed in the space of
6 weeks in Orange County. All four women,
fearing for their life, has sought police pro-
tection only to be told that there was nothing
that law enforcement could do until they
were physically attacked. The law making
stalking a crime is now copie