John E. Moss

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John E. Moss (1977)

John Emerson Moss (born April 13, 1915 in Hiawatha , Carbon County , Utah , †  December 5, 1997 in San Francisco , California ) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1978 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1923, John Moss moved with his parents to Sacramento , California, where he attended public schools. Between 1931 and 1933 he graduated from Sacramento Junior College . From 1938 to 1943 he worked in trade. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1938 and 1980 Moss was a member of his party's state executive. He was also on the board of the California Young Democrats from 1942 to 1944 . During World War II , he served in the US Navy between 1943 and 1945 . After the war he worked in the real estate industry. Between 1949 and 1952 he was a member of the California State Assembly .

In the 1952 congressional elections , Moss was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the third constituency of California , where he succeeded J. Leroy Johnson on January 3, 1953 . After twelve re-elections, he was able to complete almost 13 legislative terms in Congress by December 31, 1978 . His time in Congress included the Cold War , the civil rights movement , the Vietnam War, and the Watergate affair . John Moss introduced the Freedom of Information Act in 1966 and the Consumer Product Safety Act in 1973 . He was chairman of four sub-committees and a member of five other sub-committees.

In 1978 Moss renounced another candidacy. He resigned from his mandate on December 31 of this year, four days before the official end of the legislative period. After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, he no longer appeared politically. He died on December 5, 1997 in San Francisco and was buried in Sacramento.

Web links

  • John E. Moss in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)