Bernice F. Sisk

Bernice F. Sisk

Bernice Frederic Sisk (born December 14, 1910 in Montague , Montague County , Texas , †  October 25, 1995 in Fresno , California ) was an American politician . Between 1955 and 1979 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

At the age of six, Bernice Sisk came to Donley County where he attended public schools. Between 1929 and 1931 he graduated from Abilene Christian College . Afterwards he helped his father to manage his cotton plantation. In 1937 he moved to the San Joaquin Valley , California, where he worked in a food factory until 1941. During the Second World War he was a civil flight coordinator at a training airfield in Visalia . Between 1945 and 1954 Sisk was employed by the LeMoss-Smith Tire Co. in Fresno. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 1954 congressional elections , Sisk was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the twelfth constituency of California , where he succeeded Allan O. Hunter on January 3, 1955 . After eleven re-elections, he was able to complete twelve legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1979 . Between 1963 and 1975 he represented the 16th and then the 15th district of his state there. Sisk was intermittently a member of the Agriculture Committee and the Rules of Procedure committee . His time in Congress included the civil rights movement , the Vietnam War, and the Watergate affair .

In 1978, Sisk decided not to run again. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he withdrew from politics. He died in Fresno on October 25, 1995.

Web links

• Bernice F. Sisk in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Bernice F. Sisk in the database of Find a Grave (English)