Craig Hosmer

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Craig Hosmer

Chester Craig Hosmer (born May 6, 1915 in Brea , California , †  October 11, 1982 on board a cruise ship) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1974 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Craig Hosmer attended public schools in his home country and then studied at the University of California until 1937 . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Michigan and the University of Southern California and his admission to the bar in 1940, he began to work in this profession in Long Beach . In July 1940 Hosmer joined the US Navy , where he rose to the position of Rear Admiral of the Reserve. After World War II he served as a lawyer for the International Atomic Energy Agency in Los Alamos . In 1948 he also worked for the United States Attorney for New Mexico . He then returned to Long Beach to work again as a private lawyer.

At the same time, Hosmer began a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1950 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress . In the congressional elections of 1952 he was then elected in the 18th  electoral district of California in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Clyde Doyle on January 3, 1953 . After ten re-elections, he was able to complete almost eleven legislative terms in Congress until his resignation on December 31, 1974. Since 1963 he represented the then newly established 32nd district of his state. During his time as a congressman, the civil rights movement , the Cold War , the Vietnam War and the Watergate affair fell, among others .

In 1974, Hosmer decided not to run again. Between 1975 and 1979 he was President of the American Nuclear Energy Council based in the federal capital Washington. He died on October 11, 1982 on board a cruise ship going to Mexico and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Web links

  • Craig Hosmer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Hosmer, Craig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hosmer, Chester Craig (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Brea , California
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1982
Place of death on board a cruise ship