Robert L. Leggett

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Robert L. Leggett (1975)

Robert Louis Leggett (born July 26, 1926 in Richmond , California , †  August 13, 1997 in Orange , California) was an American politician . Between 1963 and 1979 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Robert Leggett attended public schools in his home country. In the final stages of World War II , he served in the US Navy Air Corps between 1944 and 1946 . He then studied at the University of California at Berkeley until 1947 . After a subsequent law degree at the Boalt Hall School of Jurisprudence in Berkeley and his admission to the bar in 1951, he began to work in Vallejo in this profession. At the same time he struck a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Leggett was a member of the California State Assembly in 1960 and 1962 .

In the 1962 congressional election , Leggett was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the fourth constituency of California , where he succeeded William S. Mailliard on January 3, 1963 . After seven re-elections, he was able to complete eight legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1979 . During this time, among other things, the high point of the civil rights movement , the Vietnam War and the Watergate affair fell . In 1978, Robert Leggett declined to run again for Congress. In the following years he withdrew from politics. He died in Orange on August 13, 1997.

Web links

  • Robert L. Leggett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Leggett, Robert L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leggett, Robert Louis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Richmond , California
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1997
Place of death Orange , California