Earl Thomas Coleman

Earl Thomas Coleman (born May 29, 1943 in Kansas City , Missouri ) is an American politician . Between 1976 and 1993 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Earl Coleman attended the public schools in his home country and then studied until 1965 at William Jewell College in Liberty and at New York University in New York City . After studying law at Washington University in St. Louis and being admitted to the bar in 1969, he began working in this profession in Kansas City. Between 1969 and 1972 he served as Assistant Attorney General for the Missouri Department of Justice.

Politically, Coleman joined the Republican Party . Between 1973 and 1976 he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives . After the death of Congressman Jerry Litton , who was killed in a plane crash, Coleman was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he will be on November 2, 1976, in the due by-election for the sixth seat of Missouri took up a new mandate. After seven re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1993 .

In 1992 he was defeated by the Democrat Pat Danner . Earl Coleman has since worked for the Livingston Group , which operates in the lobby area.

Web links

• Earl Thomas Coleman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)