D. French Slaughter

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D. French Slaughter

Daniel French Slaughter Jr. (born May 20, 1925 in Culpeper , Virginia , †  October 2, 1998 in Charlottesville , Virginia) was an American politician . Between 1985 and 1991 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

French Slaughter attended his homeland public schools and later the Virginia Military Institute . Between 1943 and 1947 he served in the US Army . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Virginia and his license to practice law in 1953, he began to work in this profession in Culpeper. Politically, Slaughter was then a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1958 and 1978 he was a member of the Virginia House of Representatives . In the early 1960s he was an opponent of removing racial barriers in schools. 1974 left the Democratic Party. He later joined the Republicanson. From 1978 to 1982 Slaughter served on the governing body of the University of Virginia. From 1980 to 1982 he was rector there. Between 1981 and 1984 he worked on the staff of the Army State Secretary .

In the 1984 congressional election , Slaughter was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the seventh constituency of Virginia , where he succeeded J. Kenneth Robinson on January 3, 1985 . After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on November 5, 1991 . His resignation came after a series of strokes. He died in Charlottesville on October 2, 1998.

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personal data
SURNAME Slaughter, D. French
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Slaughter, Daniel French Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Culpeper , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH October 2, 1998
Place of death Charlottesville , Virginia