Gus Yatron

Gus Yatron

Constantine "Gus" Yatron (born October 16, 1927 in Reading , Pennsylvania , †  March 13, 2003 in Fairfax Station , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1969 and 1993 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Gus Yatron attended Reading High School until 1946 . He then graduated from Kutztown State Teachers College until 1950 . At that time he played college football and was also a boxer at times. Between 1955 and 1961 he was a member of the Reading City School Board. In business he ran an ice cream parlor with his father, which he sold to a competitor in 1968. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party . From 1956 to 1960 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania ; between 1960 and 1968 he was a member of the State Senate .

In the 1968 congressional election , Yatron was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded George M. Rhodes on January 3, 1969 . After eleven re-elections, he was able to complete twelve legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1993 . During this time, among other things, the end of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement, as well as the Watergate affair in 1974 . Yatron was temporarily a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and chaired two of its sub-committees. Among other things, he advocated human rights as the cornerstone of American foreign policy.

In 1992, Gus Yatron renounced another congressional candidacy. In the following years he did not appear politically. He died on March 13, 2003 in Fairfax Station.

Web links

• Gus Yatron in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Gus Yatron in the nndb (English)

• Gus Yatron in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
George M. Rhodes	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (6th constituency) January 3, 1969 - January 3, 1993	Tim Holden