Don Fuqua

Don Fuqua

Don Fuqua (born August 20, 1933 in Jacksonville , Florida ) is an American politician . Between 1963 and 1987 he represented the state of Florida in the US House of Representatives .

Career

At the age of four, Don Fuqua and his parents moved to a farm near Altha , Calhoun County , where he attended public schools. Between 1951 and 1957 he studied at the University of Florida in Gainesville . From 1953 to 1955, Fuqua suspended his studies to serve in the US Army Medical Corps during the Korean War . After completing his studies, he worked in agriculture. Among other things, he ran a dairy farm.

Politically, Fuqua became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1958 and 1962 he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives . In 1968 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where Hubert H. Humphrey was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the 1962 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the then newly created ninth constituency of Florida , where he took up his new mandate on January 3, 1963. After eleven re-elections, he was able to complete twelve legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1987 . From 1967 he represented there as the successor to Charles Edward Bennett the second district of his state. From 1979 to 1987 he was chairman of the science and technology committee . During his time as a congressman, the Vietnam War , the civil rights movement and the Watergate affair took place . In addition, the 24th , 25th and 26th amendments to the Constitution were passed during this period .

In 1986 Don Fuqua decided not to run again for Congress. From 1987 to 1998 he was President of the Aerospace Industries Association of America . Today he lives in retirement.

Web links

• Don Fuqua in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)