- Esteban Edward Torres
Infobox_Congressman
name =Esteban E. Torres
date of birth= birth date and age|1930|01|27
place of birth=Miami, Arizona
death_date =
death_place =
state =California
district = 38th
term_start =January 3 ,1983
term_end =January 6 ,1999
preceded =Dan Lungren
succeeded =Grace Napolitano
party = Democrat
religion =Roman Catholic
spouse = Arcy Sanchez Torres
residence =West Covina, California Esteban Edward Torres (born
January 27 ,1930 ) is apolitician from the state ofCalifornia . Torres was born inMiami, Arizona to Rena Gómez. His father was aminer who was deported toMexico in the 1930s despite being anU.S. citizen . [http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=e2c898c82671fc971ec46d6fef3845bf Chopped Lives]He served in the
United States Army from 1949 to 1953. Active in thelabor movement , he was appointed United States Ambassador to theUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France, from 1977 to 1979 and served as a special assistant to PresidentJimmy Carter from 1979 to 1981. [ [http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/congress/torres.html Hispanic Americans in Congress - Torres ] ]Torres was unsuccessful in his attempt to win a seat in the House of Representatives in 1974, but was elected in 1982 as a Democrat. He served from 1983 until 1999. He did not run for reelection in 1998 and was succeeded by Democrat
Grace Napolitano .He is currently a member of the
California Transportation Commission [ [http://www.catc.ca.gov/ctcstaff/members.htm California Transportation Commission (CTC): Commissioners ] ] and resides inWest Covina, California with his wife Arcy Sanchez Torres.ee also
*Esteban E. Torres NCLR-Harvard Mid-Career Fellowship Program
External links
* [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000316 Congressional biography]
References
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