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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—CaliforniaPaul Norton McCLOSKEY, Jr. (Pete)
(1927- )
McCLOSKEY, Paul Norton , Jr.
(Pete), a Representative from California; born in Loma
Linda, San Bernardino County, Calif., September 29, 1927; graduated
from South Pasadena High School, South Pasadena, Calif., 1945;
attended Occidental College and California Institute of Technology
under Navy V-5 Pilot Program; B.A., Stanford University, Stanford,
Calif., 1950; Stanford University Law School, Stanford, Calif.,
1953; United States Navy, 1945-1947; United States Marine Corps,
1950-1952; United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1952-1960; Ready
Reserve, 1960-1967; deputy district attorney, Alameda County,
Calif., 1953-1954; lawyer, private practice; lecturer on legal
ethics, Santa Clara and Stanford Law Schools, 1964-1967 and
1988-1994; elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth Congress, by
special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United
States Representative J. Arthur Younger; reelected to the seven
succeeding Congresses (December 12, 1967-January 3, 1983); not a
candidate for reelection in 1982, but was an unsuccessful
Republican candidate for nomination to the United States Senate;
unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination
in 1972; is a resident of Woodside, Calif.
Bibliography
Cannon, Lou. The McCloskey Challenge. New York: E.P. Dutton
& Co., Inc., 1972; Paul N. McCloskey, Jr. Truth and Untruth;
Political Deceit in America. New York: Simon and Schuster,
1972.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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