- Jeffery Cohelan
Jeffery Cohelan (
June 24 ,1914 -February 15 ,1999 ) was aUnited States Representative fromCalifornia . He was born inSan Francisco, California . He attended the public schools andSan Mateo Junior College . He received the A.B. fromUniversity of California School of Economics. He was aFulbright research scholar at Leeds and Oxford Universities inEngland in 1953 and 1954. He was the secretary-treasurer of theMilk Drivers and Dairy Employees , Local 302, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties from 1942 until elected to Congress. He was a consultant to theUniversity of California Institute of Industrial Relations .Cohelan was a member of
Berkeley Welfare Commission 1949-1953, and the Berkeley City Council 1955-1958. He also served as a member ofSan Francisco Council on Foreign Relations . He was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses, from 1959 to 1971. He was known as a Johnson liberal for his support of progressive programs, but also American involvement in theVietnam War . In 1966, he faced a tough primary challenge fromRamparts magazine editorRobert Scheer , who was supported by local activists from the civil-rights and emerging anti-war movement. Support for the war helped lead to Cohelan's defeat in the 1970 primary by Berkeley City CouncilmanRon Dellums . He later served as the executive director of the Group Health Association of America. He lived as a resident ofWashington, D.C. , until his death there on February 15, 1999.References
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