Howard P. (Buck) McKEON, Congress, CA (1938)

McKEON Howard P. (Buck) , a Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., September 9, 1938; graduated from Verdugo Hills High School, Tujunga, Calif.; B.S., Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1985; business owner; chairman and trustee, William S. Hart School District, Santa Clarita Valley, Calif., 1979-1987; bank executive; mayor and council member of Santa Clarita Valley, Calif., 1987-1992; member of the California Republican Central Committee, 1988-1992; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2015); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014; chair, Committee on Education and the Workforce (One Hundred Ninth Congress); chair, Committee on Armed Services (One Hundred Twelfth and One Hundred Thirteenth Congresses).

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present