- Robert H. Steele
Robert Hampton Steele (born
3 November 1938 ) is a retired Americanpolitician .Steele was born in
Hartford, Connecticut . His father, known as Bob Steele, was host of the state's top rated morning show on WTIC-AM for more than fifty years.He attended public schools in
Wethersfield, Connecticut and obtained aBachelor of Arts fromAmherst College ,Massachusetts in 1960. He graduated fromColumbia University in 1963. Between 1968 and 1970 Steele was asecurities analyst for the Travelers Insurance Company.Steele was a Republican member of the
United States House of Representatives for the2nd District of Connecticut from 1970 to 1975. He was elected simultaneously to the Ninety-first and to the Ninety-second Congresses by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States RepresentativeWilliam L. St. Onge .He was re-elected to the Ninety-third Congress (
November 3 1970 -January 3 1975 ); but was not a candidate for re-election to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974.In 1974 he was an unsuccessful candidate for
Governor of Connecticut and is now a resident ofLedyard, Connecticut .External links
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000836 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]
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before=William St. Onge
title=United States Representative for the 2nd Congressional District of Connecticut
years=1970–1975
after=Christopher Dodd
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