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Chester Craig Hosmer (May 6, 1915 – October 11, 1982) was a United States Representative from California.
Hosmer was born in Brea, California, in Orange County. He attended the public schools, graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School. Hosmer graduated from the University of California in 1937.
Hosmer attended the University of Michigan Law School in 1938 and graduated from the University of Southern California Law School in 1940. He was admitted to the bar in 1940 and began practice in Long Beach, California. He enlisted in the United States Navy in July 1940 and advanced to the rank of commander; rear admiral, Naval Reserve. He was an attorney with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission at Los Alamos, New Mexico and special assistant United States District Attorney for New Mexico in 1948. He then returned to Long Beach, California to private practice.
Hosmer was unsuccessful Republican candidate for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress. He was 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. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. He was president of the American Nuclear Energy Council from 1975-1979. He was a resident of Washington, D.C. until his death on October 11, 1982, aboard a cruise ship bound for Mexico. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.
References
- Craig Hosmer at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-10
- Arlington Cemetery biography
External links
- "Craig Hosmer". Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7189180. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
United States House of Representatives Preceded by
Clyde DoyleMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 18th congressional district
1953–1963Succeeded by
Harlan HagenPreceded by
NoneMember of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 32nd congressional district
1963–1974Succeeded by
Glenn M. AndersonCategories:- 1915 births
- 1982 deaths
- People from Orange County, California
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from California
- United States Navy officers
- Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
- University of California alumni
- University of Michigan Law School alumni
- University of Southern California Law School alumni
- California Republicans
- California United States Representative stubs
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