William L. Hungate

William L. Hungate

William Leonard Hungate (born December 14, 1922 in Benton , Illinois , †  June 22, 2007 in Chesterfield , Missouri ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1964 and 1977 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives ; later he became a federal judge .

Career

William Hungate attended public schools in his home country, including Bowling Green High School . In the following years he studied at Central Methodist College in Fayette , the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and the University of Missouri at Columbia . During World War II , he served in the US Army between 1943 and 1946 . He was used in Europe. For his military achievements he was awarded the Bronze Star , among other things . After studying law at Harvard University and being admitted to the bar in 1948, he began working in this profession. Hungate was a Lincoln County attorney from 1951 to 1956 ; between 1958 and 1964 he served as a special assistant in the office of the Attorney General of Missouri.

Politically, Hungate was a member of the Democratic Party . After the death of longtime MP Clarence Cannon , he was elected as his successor in the due by-election for the ninth seat of Missouri in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on November 3, 1964. After six re-elections, he could remain in Congress until January 3, 1977 . Among other things, he sat there on the judicial committee . In this capacity he was also involved in the preparations for the impeachment proceedings against President Richard Nixon over the Watergate affair . However, this did not materialize because of Nixon's resignation. He was also an opponent of the amnesty issued by Nixon's successor, Gerald Ford . Hungate's time as a congressman also saw the fall of the Vietnam War and the height of the civil rights movement .

In 1976, Hungate renounced another congressional candidacy. From 1977 to 1979 he taught at the University of Missouri. He then served as a judge in the federal district court for the eastern part of Missouri between 1979 and 1992 . In 1985 and 1986 he was federal chairman of the criminal justice commission for the American Bar Association . William Hungate died in Chesterfield on June 22, 2007.

Web links

• William L. Hungate in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• William L. Hungate in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges

• William L. Hungate in the database of Find a Grave (English)