Herbert H. Bateman

Herbert Harvell "Herb" Bateman (born August 7, 1928 in Perquimans County , North Carolina , † September 11, 2000 in Leesburg , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1983 and 2000 he represented the state of Virginia in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Herbert Bateman attended Virginia public schools. In 1945 he graduated from Newport News High School . He then studied at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg until 1949 . Between 1951 and 1953 he served in the Air Force during the Korean War . After completing a law degree at Georgetown University in Washington, DC and being admitted to the bar in 1956, he began working as a partner in a joint law firm in this profession. In the meantime he also worked as a teacher. In 1956 and 1957, Bateman also served as a law clerk in the District of Columbia federal appeals court . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1968 and 1983 he was a member of the Virginia Senate . From 1976 to 1982 he was a delegate to the regional republican party conventions of this state.

In the 1982 congressional election , Bateman was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the first constituency of Virginia, where he succeeded Paul S. Trible on January 3, 1983 . After eight re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death in September 2000 . There he was temporarily a member of the Armed Forces Committee and the Committee on Transport and Infrastructure . On the one hand, he advocated lowering government spending and, on the other hand, increasing armaments spending. He wanted to promote his constituency around Newport News , because you lived there from the military and its subcontracting industries.

In the 1990s, Bateman's health deteriorated. He suffered from lung and prostate cancer and had a heart attack. Therefore, he decided not to run again in 2000. He died before the end of his last legislative term on September 11, 2000. With his wife Laura he had a son and a daughter.

Web links

Herbert H. Bateman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Bateman, Herbert H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bateman, Herbert Harvell (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 7, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Perquimans County , North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	September 11, 2000
Place of death	Leesburg , Virginia