Cass Ballenger

Thomas Cass Ballenger (born December 6, 1926 in Hickory , Catawba County , North Carolina , † February 18, 2015 there ) was an American politician . Between 1986 and 2005 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Cass Ballenger is a great-great-grandson of Lewis Cass (1782–1866), who held many leading political offices in the United States during the first half of the 19th century. Until 1944 he attended Episcopal High School . During the Second World War he served in the US Navy Air Corps in 1944 and 1945 . He then continued his education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . He also studied at Amherst College in Massachusetts until 1948 .

Politically, Ballenger joined the Republican Party . From 1974 to 1976 he was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives . From 1976 to 1986 he was a member of the State Senate . After the resignation of Congressman Jim Broyhill , who moved to the US Senate , he was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC on November 4, 1986 when he was due for the by-election for the tenth seat of North Carolina took up his new mandate. After nine re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 2005 . There he was temporarily a member of the education and work committee .

In 1990, Ballenger set up a foundation that raised funds for schools and hospitals in Central and South America. During his time as a congressman, the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , the Iraq war and the military operation in Afghanistan fell . In 2004 he renounced another congressional candidacy.

Cass Ballenger died on February 18, 2015 at the age of 88 in a hospice in his hometown of Hickory.

Web links

Cass Ballenger in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Cass Ballenger in the nndb (English)
Former US Rep. Cass Ballenger dies at 88

Individual evidence

↑ Associated Press : Cass Ballenger, Provocateur in Congress, Dies at 88. In: The New York Times, February 19, 2015 (accessed February 21, 2015).

personal data
SURNAME	Ballenger, Cass
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ballenger, Thomas Cass (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 6, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hickory , North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	February 18, 2015
Place of death	Hickory , North Carolina

[1] Associated Press : Cass Ballenger, Provocateur in Congress, Dies at 88. In: The New York Times, February 19, 2015 (accessed February 21, 2015).