- William F. Clinger, Jr.
Infobox_Congressman
name = Bill Clinger
date of birth = birth date and age|1929|4|4
place of birth =Warren, Pennsylvania
state =Pennsylvania
district = 23rd and 5th
term_start =January 3 ,1979
term_end =January 3 ,1997
preceded =Joseph S. Ammerman
succeeded =John E. Peterson
party = Republican
spouse =
children =
religion =William Floyd "Bill" Clinger, Jr. (born
April 4 ,1929 ) was a Republican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania .Clinger was born in
Warren, Pennsylvania . He attended the public schools there and graduated from The Hill School,Pottstown, Pennsylvania in 1947. He received aB.A. fromThe Johns Hopkins University inBaltimore, Maryland in 1951, and an LL.B. from theUniversity of Virginia inCharlottesville, Virginia in 1965. Clinger served in theUnited States Navy as a lieutenant from 1951 to 1955. He was a delegate to the Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1967 to 1968, and theRepublican National Convention in 1972.Clinger was associated with the New Process Co. of Warren, Pennsylvania from 1955 to 1962, was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1965, and was a lawyer in private practice. He was elected as a Republican to the 96th and to the eight succeeding Congresses (
January 3 ,1979 toJanuary 3 ,1997 ). While in the House of Representatives, he was chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight in the104th Congress , which was quite active in investigating theTravelgate andFilegate matters. He was not a candidate for re-election to the105th Congress in 1996.With Senator
William Cohen , Clinger co-authored theInformation Technology Management Reform Act , also known as the Clinger-Cohen Act.ee also
References
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