William E. Dannemeyer

William E. Dannemeyer (1979)

William Edwin Dannemeyer (born September 22, 1929 in Long Beach , California - † July 9, 2019 in Thousand Palms ) was an American politician . Between 1979 and 1993 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Dannemeyer attended Trinity Lutheran School in Los Angeles until 1943 and then Long Beach Poly High School until 1946 . He then graduated from Santa Maria Junior College in 1947 . Dannemeyer continued his education at Valparaiso University in Indiana until 1950 . After a subsequent law degree at the Hastings School of the Law and his admission to the bar in 1952, he began to work in this profession in Santa Barbara . Before that, however, he was a soldier in the US Army for two years between 1952 and 1954 during the Korean War. Between 1955 and 1957 he served as assistant district attorney and from 1959 to 1962 as legal representative for the city of Fullerton . At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . Between 1963 and 1966 and again from 1977 to 1978 he was a member of the California State Assembly . From 1966 to 1976 he was also a city judge.

In the 1978 congressional election , Dannemeyer was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 39th constituency of California , where he succeeded Charles E. Wiggins on January 3, 1979 . After six re-elections, he was able to complete seven legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1993 . In 1989 he was one of the MPs charged with conducting impeachment proceedings against Federal Judge Walter Nixon . In 1992, Dannemeyer renounced another candidacy for the US House of Representatives. Two years later he sought his party's nomination for the US Senate elections , but was defeated by Michael Huffington .

William Dannemeyer was considered extremely conservative. He waged a fierce battle against then President Bill Clinton and his administration. Dannemeyer believed in a Jewish conspiracy to achieve world domination. He was against same-sex marriages. Dannemeyer was later honorary chairman of the Citizens for a Better America group . With his wife Evelyn, who died in 1999, he had three grown children. He was married to the controversial doctor Lorraine Day in his second marriage.

Web links

William E. Dannemeyer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
William E. Dannemeyer in nndb (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Andre Mouchard: Obit: Rep William Danne Meyer, a face of Orange County conservatism in the age of Reagan.. In: The Orange County Register . July 9, 2019, accessed on July 12, 2019 .
^ Robert W. Stewart: The True Believer. In: The Los Angeles Times . July 11, 1990, archived from the original on July 12, 2019 ; accessed on July 12, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Dannemeyer, William E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dannemeyer, William Edwin (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 22, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Long Beach , California
DATE OF DEATH	July 9, 2019
Place of death	Thousand Palms , California

[1] Andre Mouchard: Obit: Rep William Danne Meyer, a face of Orange County conservatism in the age of Reagan.. In: The Orange County Register . July 9, 2019, accessed on July 12, 2019 .

[2] Robert W. Stewart: The True Believer. In: The Los Angeles Times . July 11, 1990, archived from the original on July 12, 2019 ; accessed on July 12, 2019 .