Robert Kastenmeier

Robert William Kastenmeier (born January 24, 1924 in Beaver Dam , Dodge County , Wisconsin , † March 20, 2015 in Arlington County , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1959 and 1991 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Box Meier attended the common schools and then the Carleton College in Northfield ( Minnesota ). In the 1940s, Kastenmeier interrupted his training to take part in the Second World War as a soldier in the US Army . He remained in the military until 1946 and served in the Philippines . He then stayed in this country until 1948, where he headed the local branch for the War Department, which dealt with mutual claims arising from the independence of the Philippines. After a subsequent law degree at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and his admission as a lawyer in 1952, he began to work in Watertown in his new profession. From 1955 to 1959, Kastenmeier was Justice of the Peace in Dodge and Jefferson Counties .

Politically, Kastenmeier joined the Democratic Party . In the congressional elections of 1958 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Wisconsin , where he succeeded Donald Edgar Tewes on January 3, 1959 . After 15 re-elections, he was able to complete a total of 16 consecutive terms in Congress by January 3, 1991 . The Cold War , the Cuban Missile Crisis , the Vietnam War and the Watergate Affair took place during this period . Kastenmeier was temporarily a member of the justice committee. In the summer of 1974, he took part in the vote on the impeachment charges against Richard Nixon . Kastenmeier was one of the prosecutors in the impeachment proceedings against Nevada federal judge Harry E. Claiborne .

In the 1990 elections Robert Kastenmeier was defeated by the Republican Scott L. Klug . After that, he retired. He died in Arlington, Virginia on March 20, 2015, at the age of 91.

Web links

Robert Kastenmeier in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

Individual evidence

^ Adam Clymer: Robert Kastenmeier, Liberal House Voice, Dies at 91. In: The New York Times, March 20, 2015 (English, accessed March 21, 2015).

personal data
SURNAME	Kastenmeier, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kastenmeier, Robert William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 24, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Beaver Dam , Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH	March 20, 2015
Place of death	Arlington County , Virginia

[1] Adam Clymer: Robert Kastenmeier, Liberal House Voice, Dies at 91. In: The New York Times, March 20, 2015 (English, accessed March 21, 2015).