George E. Danielson

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George E. Danielson (1981)

George Elmore Danielson (born February 20, 1915 in Wausa , Knox County , Nebraska , †  September 12, 1998 in Monterey Park , California ) was an American politician . Between 1971 and 1982 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

George Danielson attended the public schools of his home country and then between 1933 and 1935 the Wayne State Teachers College . After a subsequent law degree at the University of Nebraska and his admission to the bar in 1939, he began to work in this profession. Between 1939 and 1944 he worked as a special investigator for the FBI . He was then a member of the US Navy Reserve until 1946 . Between 1949 and 1951, Danielson served as the assistant federal attorney. At the same time he struck a political career in California, where he had since moved, as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1963 to 1967 he was a member of the California State Assembly ; between 1967 and 1971 he was a member of the State Senate . From 1960 to 1974 he attended all regional Democratic party conventions in California. In August 1968 he was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where Hubert H. Humphrey was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the 1970 congressional election , Danielson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 29th  constituency of California , where he succeeded George Brown on January 3, 1971 . After five re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his resignation on March 9, 1982 . Since 1975 he represented there as the successor of Edward R. Roybal the 30th district of his state. During his time as a congressman, among other things, the Watergate affair and the end of the Vietnam War fell . Danielson's resignation came after his appointment as appellate judge at the California Court of Appeal in Los Angeles . He died in Monterey Park on September 12, 1998.

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personal data
SURNAME Danielson, George E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Danielson, George Elmore (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Wausa , Nebraska
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1998
Place of death Monterey Park , California