Jim Jontz

Jim Jontz

James Prather "Jim" Jontz (born December 18, 1951 in Indianapolis , Indiana , †  April 14, 2007 in Portland , Oregon ) was an American politician . Between 1987 and 1993 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Jim Jontz attended the public schools in his home country and then studied geology at Indiana University in Bloomington until 1973 . He then studied history at Butler University . Jontz was committed to the environment. In 1974 he was also an opponent of a dam construction project in Indiana. He was the director of the Lake Michigan Federation and Indiana Conservation Council and the director of public information for the Sycamore Girl Scout Council . He also taught at times at Butler University.

Politically, Jontz was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1974 and 1984 he was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives ; from 1984 to 1986 he was a member of the State Senate . In the 1986 congressional elections , Jontz was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Indiana , where he succeeded Elwood Hillis on January 3, 1987 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1993 . There he was a member of the Agriculture Committee, the Education and Labor Committee, the Veterans Committee and the Select Committee on Aging . Jontz was committed to the conservation of forests in the northwestern United States. In 1992 he was not re-elected.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, he moved to Oregon, where he continued to fight for the preservation of the local forests. He became director of the Western Ancient Forest Campaign . In 1998 he became president of the liberal advocacy group Americans for Democratic Action . Jim Jontz died of colon cancer on April 14, 2007.

Web links

• Jim Jontz in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)