Mel Hancock

Mel Hancock

Melton D. "Mel" Hancock (born September 14, 1929 in Cape Fair , Stone County , Missouri , † November 6, 2011 in Springfield , Missouri) was an American politician . Between 1989 and 1997 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Mel Hancock attended schools in Carthage , Topeka ( Kansas ) and Springfield . He then studied until 1951 at Southwest Missouri State University . From 1951 to 1953 he served as a lieutenant in the United States Air Force , whose reserve he was a member until 1965. From 1959 to 1969, Hancock worked in the insurance industry. He became the owner of Federal Protection Inc. , a company that sold security equipment for banks. In 1977, Hancock founded the non-profit organization "The Taxpayer Survival Association". He was also the main initiator of a 1980 amendment to the Missouri Constitution, known as the Hancock Amendment , which affected tax law.

Hancock joined the Republican Party . In 1982 he sought unsuccessfully to nominate his party for the US Senate elections ; two years later, a candidate for the office of lieutenant governor of Missouri failed . In the 1988 congressional elections , however, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the seventh constituency of his state , where he succeeded Gene Taylor on January 3, 1989 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four legislative terms in Congress until January 3, 1997 . In 1996 he renounced another candidacy.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Mel Hancock withdrew from politics. Most recently he lived in Springfield. He was married to Alma McDaniel since November 17, 1951, with whom he has three grown children.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Former Congressman Mel Hancock dies at age 82

Web links

• Mel Hancock in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)