Hosmer, Craig, 1915-1982

LC control no.	no2013094911
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Hosmer, Craig, 1915-1982 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
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