Francis R. Valeo

Francis R. Valeo

Francis Ralph Valeo (1916 - April 9, 2006) was the Secretary of the United States Senate and "ex officio" member of the Federal Election Commission. He was the defendant/appellee for the Federal government of the United States in Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976), in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld federal limits on campaign contributions.

Francis Valeo was the son of a shoe factory foreman. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was a 1936 political science graduate of New York University, where he also received a master's degree in international relations in 1942. He served in China during World War II.

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* [http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/oral_history/Frank_Valeo.htm Senate Website]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/10/AR2006041001547.html Washington Post Obituary]


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