James B. Utt

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James B. Utt

James Boyd Utt (born March 11, 1899 in Tustin , California , †  March 1, 1970 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1970 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Utt attended his home public schools and Santa Ana Junior College . After that he worked in agriculture and in growing citrus fruits. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1932 and 1936 he was a member of the California State Assembly . From 1936 to 1952 he worked for the California state government as a tax assessor. After studying law at the University of Southern California and being admitted to the bar in 1947, he also began working in this profession.

In the congressional elections of 1952 , Utt was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the then newly established 28th  constituency of California , where he took up his new mandate on January 3, 1953. After eight re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on March 1, 1970 . Since 1963 he represented the newly created 35th district of his state there. During this time, the Cold War , the beginning of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement took place . Utt was an extremely conservative MP. He unsuccessfully called for the United States to leave the UN and rejected civil rights legislation. He claimed that in Cuba , Africans were being trained to invade the United States. In 1964, James Utt supported Barry Goldwater's unsuccessful presidential campaign . He died of a heart attack at Bethesda Naval Hospital .

Web links

  • James B. Utt in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)