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Affiliation | Democratic |
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Name | Paul N. "Pete" McCloskey, Jr. |
Address | Woodside, California , United States |
Email | None |
Website | [Link] |
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September 29, 1927 |
Died |
May 08, 2024
(97 years) |
Contributor | User 490 |
Last Modifed | RBH May 08, 2024 02:35pm |
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Info | Representative from California; born in Loma Linda, San Bernardino County, Calif., September 29, 1927; attended public schools in South Pasadena-San Marino, Calif.; attended Occidental College and California Institute of Technology under Navy V-5 Pilot Program; was graduated from Stanford University in 1950, and Stanford University Law School in 1953; served in the United States Navy, seaman, first class, 1945-1947; United States Marine Corps, during Korean conflict, 1950-1952; second lieutenant, Fifth Marines; recipient of Navy Cross, Silver Star, and Purple Heart; Active Reserve, Seventh Infantry Battalion, United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1952-1960; Ready Reserve, 1960-1967; deputy district attorney, Alameda County, Calif., 1953-1954; practiced law in Palo Alto, Calif., 1955-1967; lecturer on legal ethics, Santa Clara and Stanford Law Schools, 1964-1967; elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth Congress, by special election, December 12, 1967, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Arthur Younger; reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from December 12, 1967, to January 3, 1983; was not a candidate for reelection in 1982, but was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1972; returned to the practice of law in Palo Alto, Calif.; is a resident of Woodside, Calif.
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