LC control no. | no2013094911 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Hosmer, Craig, 1915-1982 |
Variant(s) | Hosmer, Chester Craig, 1915-1982 |
Birth date | 19150506 |
Death date | 19821011 |
Place of birth | Brea, Calif. |
Place of death | North Pacific Ocean |
Affiliation | United States. Navy United States. Naval Reserve U.S. Atomic Energy Commission United States. Congress. House |
Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators--United States |
Found in | Craig Hosmer, 1954: title frame (Craig Homer, United States Representative from California) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, September 3, 2013 (Hosmer, Craig (1915-1982); a Representative from California; born in Brea, Orange County, Calif., May 6, 1915; graduated from the University of California in 1937; attended the University of Michigan Law School in 1938 and was graduated from the University of Southern California Law School in 1940; was admitted to the bar in 1940 and began practice in Long Beach, Calif.; enlisted in the United States Navy in July 1940 and advanced to the rank of commander; rear admiral, Naval Reserve; attorney with the Atomic Energy Commission at Los Alamos, N.Mex., and special assistant United States district attorney for New Mexico in 1948; returned to Long Beach, Calif., to private practice; unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1953, until his resignation December 31, 1974; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; president of the American Nuclear Energy Council, Washington, D.C., 1975-1979; was a resident of Washington, D.C., until his death on October 11, 1982, aboard a cruise ship bound for Mexico; interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.) PoliticalGraveyard.com, September 3, 2013 (Hosmer, Chester Craig (1915-1982); also known as Craig Hosmer; of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, Calif.; born in Brea, Orange County, Calif., May 6, 1915; Republican; Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S. Representative from California, 1953-1974 (18th District 1953-1963, 32nd District 1963-1974); defeated, 1950; resigned 1974; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1956; died of a heart attack aboard the cruise ship Azure Seas in the North Pacific Ocean off the coast of California en route to Mexico, October 11, 1982 (age 67 years, 158 days); interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.) |
Associated language | eng |