Alan Steelman

Alan Steelman (1975)

Alan Watson Steelman (born March 15, 1942 in Little Rock , Arkansas ) is an American politician . Between 1973 and 1977 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Alan Steelman attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1964 at Baylor University in Waco . In 1971 he graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas ; In 1972 he was a visiting student at the John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics , which is part of Harvard University . Afterwards he worked for the company Alexander Proudfood PLC . Ferber began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . From 1969 to 1972 he was on an advisory board to President Richard Nixon , which dealt with the opportunities of smaller companies ( Council on Minority Business Enterprise ). In 1968 and 1972 Steelman was a delegate at the respective regional Republican party conventions in Texas.

In the 1972 congressional election , Steelman was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fifth constituency of Texas , where he succeeded Earle Cabell on January 3, 1973 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1977 . These were overshadowed by the Watergate affair in 1973 and 1974 . In 1977 Alan Steelman renounced another candidacy. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate . Then he withdrew from politics. Today he heads the investment firm Steelman Stonebridge, Inc. He is married with five children and two stepchildren.

Web links

• Alan Steelman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)