Teno Roncalio

Teno Roncalio

Teno Roncalio (born March 23, 1916 in Rock Springs , Sweetwater County , Wyoming , † March 30, 2003 in Cheyenne , Wyoming) was an American politician . Between 1965 and 1979 he represented the state of Wyoming twice in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

Teno Roncalio attended the public schools of his home country and then the University of Wyoming until 1947 . His studies were interrupted by the Second World War, in which he participated as a soldier in the US Army . Among other things , he was involved in the Normandy landing in June 1944. After the war and his admission to the bar, Roncalio initially worked in this profession. From 1950 to 1956 he was the assistant district attorney in Laramie County .

Political career

Roncalio was a member of the Democratic Party . In Wyoming he was long on the board of the party and from 1957 to 1961 also its chairman. Between 1956 and 1968 he was a delegate to all Democratic National Conventions . In 1969 and 1970 he was a member of the Democratic National Committee . From 1961 to 1965 Roncalio was a member of the International Joint Commission , a commission that consisted of members from the United States and Canada and dealt, among other things, with the waterways in the shared border area, especially in the northeastern United States.

In the 1964 congressional elections, Teno Roncalio was elected to the US House of Representatives to succeed William Henry Harrison . There he completed a legislative period between January 3, 1965 and January 3, 1967. In 1966, he unsuccessfully applied for membership in the US Senate . After he had been re-elected to the House of Representatives in the 1970 congressional elections, he was able to move back into Congress on January 3, 1971 . After a few re-elections, he retained his mandate until he resigned on December 30, 1978. In the elections in November 1978, he had not applied again.

Another résumé

After his return to Wyoming Roncalio was a member of a commission from 1979 to 1982 that dealt with the water rights of the Indians. Then he finally withdrew from politics. Teno Roncalio died in March 2003 and was buried in Cheyenne.

Web links

• Teno Roncalio in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Teno Roncalio in the database of Find a Grave (English)