Douglas H. Bosco

Douglas H. Bosco

Douglas Harry Bosco (born July 28, 1946 in New York City ) is an American politician . Between 1983 and 1991 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Douglas Bosco, who was born in Brooklyn , attended Homestead High School in Sunnyvale (California) and then until 1963 the Capitol Page School in Washington, DC This was followed by 1968 at Willamette University in Salem ( Oregon ). After studying law at the same university and being admitted to the bar in 1971, he began to work in this profession in San Rafael . In 1973 and 1974 he served in various administrative positions in Marin County . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1979 and 1982 he was a member of the California State Assembly . In August 1980 he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in New York, on which President Jimmy Carter was nominated for re-election; In 1982 he took part in the regional party conference in California.

In the 1982 congressional election , Bosco was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first constituency of California, where he succeeded Eugene A. Chappie on January 3, 1983 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1991 . In 1990 he was defeated by Republican Frank Riggs . In 1994 Douglas Bosco failed in his party's congressional primaries. In 2003 he was appointed by Governor Gray Davis to the State Coastal Conservancy of California, which he then chaired in 2004.

Individual evidence

1. ^ State of California, Coastal Conservancy: Douglas Bosco - Chairman

Web links

• Douglas H. Bosco in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Douglas H. Bosco in nndb (English)