Allan O. Hunter

Allan O. Hunter

Allan Oakley Hunter (born June 15, 1916 in Los Angeles , California , †  May 2, 1995 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1951 and 1955 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Allan Hunter attended Fresno public schools . In 1937 he graduated from Fresno State College . After a subsequent law degree at Hastings College of Law , he was admitted to the bar in 1940. Between 1940 and 1944, Hunter worked as a special investigator for the FBI . Afterwards he belonged to the naval intelligence service OSS in the final phase of the Second World War . He was used in England and Germany . Since 1946 he practiced as a lawyer in Fresno.

Politically, Hunter joined the Republican Party . In the 1950 congressional election , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the ninth constituency of California , where he succeeded Cecil F. White on January 3, 1951 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1955 . Since 1953 he represented there as the successor of Patrick J. Hillings the twelfth district of his state. In 1954 he was not re-elected. During his time as a congressman, the Korean War and the beginning of the civil rights movement took place .

Between 1955 and 1957, Hunter was an advisor to the Housing and Home Finance Agency in the state capital, Washington. After that he worked again as a lawyer. In 1952 and 1960 he was a delegate to the respective Republican National Conventions , at which Dwight D. Eisenhower and later Richard Nixon were nominated as presidential candidates. Between 1966 and 1969, Hunter served as chairman of the California State Commission of Housing and Community Development . From 1960 to 1970 he was involved in setting up and running the Rossmor Leisure World Communities . It was a senior citizens' residential area. Hunter then served as president of the Fannie Mae mortgage company from 1970 to 1981 . After President Jimmy Carter took office , Hunter came into conflict with the new federal government over his management. An attempt to dismiss him only narrowly failed. In 1981 he was finally replaced. Then he retired from public life. He died of a heart attack on May 2, 1995 in a Bethesda hospital.

Web links

• Allan O. Hunter in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)