Jerome R. Waldie

Jerome R. Waldie (1971)

Jerome Russell Waldie (born February 15, 1925 in Antioch , California , †  April 3, 2009 in Placerville , California) was an American politician . Between 1966 and 1975 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jerome Waldie attended public schools in his home country. During the Second World War he served in the US Army between 1943 and 1946 . After the war he continued his education with a study at the University of California at Berkeley until 1950 . This was followed by a law degree at the University of California School of Law until 1953 . At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1959 and 1966 he was a member of the California State Assembly . Since 1961 he was there in front of the democratic group.

After the death of MP John F. Baldwin , Waldie was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the by-election due for the 14th seat of California , where he took up his new mandate on June 7, 1966. After four re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1975 . This time was marked by the events of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement . In 1974 the Watergate affair also overshadowed the work of Congress. In the same year Jerome Waldie renounced another congressional candidacy. Instead, he unsuccessfully sought his party's nomination for the gubernatorial elections in California.

In 1978 and 1979, he was chairman of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission , a federal commission dealing with mining safety and health. In 1980, he was the senior division manager on the White House staff. Eventually he was a member of the California Agricultural Relations Board between 1981 and 1985 . Jerome Waldie died on April 3, 2009 in Placerville.

Web links

• Jerome R. Waldie in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Jerome R. Waldie in the database of Find a Grave (English)