Donald G. Brotzman

Donald G. Brotzman

Donald Glenn Brotzman (born June 28, 1922 in Sterling , Colorado , † September 15, 2004 in Alexandria , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1963 and 1965 and again from 1967 to 1975 he represented the second constituency of the state of Colorado in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Donald Brotzman was born on a farm in Logan County . He attended the local public schools and then until 1949 the University of Colorado School of Business in Boulder . At the same time he studied law at the University of Colorado . After his admission to the bar in 1949, he began working in his new profession in Boulder. From 1945 to 1946 he interrupted his training to serve in the US Army . There he was employed as a first lieutenant in an infantry unit in the South Pacific region.

Brotzman was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1952 and 1954 he was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives ; between 1954 and 1956 he was a member of the State Senate . In 1954 and 1956 he ran unsuccessfully for the office of governor of Colorado. From 1959 to 1961, Brotzman was then a federal attorney for the Colorado County.

In 1962 Brotzman was elected to the US House of Representatives, where he succeeded Peter H. Dominick on January 3, 1963 . Since he was not confirmed in 1964, he could initially only complete one legislative period in Congress until January 3, 1965 . In the meantime, his seat fell to the Democrat Roy H. McVicker . In the elections of 1966 Brotzman was able to win back his old seat in Congress, which he was to keep after three re-elections between January 3, 1967 and January 3, 1975 in four legislative terms. In 1974 he was defeated by the Democrat Tim Wirth .

After his time in Congress, Donald Brotzman worked from 1975 to 1977 as a department head for the Army Department in Washington . There he was responsible for personnel issues and reservist matters. He later served as President of the Rubber Manufacturers Association and the National Rubber Shippers Association . He was also the chairman of the Industry Safety Council in Washington.

Web links

• Donald G. Brotzman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Donald G. Brotzman in the database of Find a Grave (English)