Richard D. McCarthy

Richard D. McCarthy

Richard Dean McCarthy (born September 24, 1927 in Buffalo , New York , †  May 5, 1995 in Arlington , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1965 and 1971 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard McCarthy attended Canisius High School until 1945 and then Canisius College in Buffalo until 1950 . In between he served in the US Navy from November 1945 to August 1946 . At the time of the Korean War , he was in the US Army from 1950 to 1952 . In the meantime he studied at the University of Buffalo , Cornell University and Harvard University . In 1952 and 1953 he worked as a newspaper reporter for the Buffalo Evening News . Between 1956 and 1964 he was director of public relations at National Gypsum . He was also active as a writer.

Politically, McCarthy joined the Democratic Party . In the 1964 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 39th  constituency of New York , where he succeeded Republican John R. Pillion on January 3, 1965 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1971 . These were shaped by the events of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement .

In 1970 McCarthy declined to run for the US House of Representatives. Instead, he unsuccessfully sought his party's nomination for the US Senate elections . In 1975 and 1976 he was press attaché at the American embassy in Tehran ; from 1978 to 1989 he headed the Buffalo News branch in Washington. After that, he retired. Richard McCarthy died on May 5, 1995 in Arlington and was buried in the national cemetery there.

Web links

• Richard D. McCarthy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
John R. Pillion	United States House of Representatives for New York (39th constituency) January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1971	Jack Kemp