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Richard T. Hanna

Democratic

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Date Party Office Votes Result
06-05-1956 Democratic AD-75 20674 Win
11-06-1956 Democratic AD-75 47867 Win
11-04-1958 Democratic AD-75 65460 Win
11-08-1960 Democratic AD-75 94482 Win
11-06-1962 Democratic CD-34 90758 Win
11-03-1964 Democratic CD-34 137588 Win
11-08-1966 Democratic CD-34 127976 Win
11-05-1968 Democratic CD-34 107133 Win
11-03-1970 Democratic CD-34 101664 Win
11-07-1972 Democratic CD-34 115880 Win
Website: bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000164
 

Candidate Biography:

Richard Thomas Hanna
Born: June 9, 1914 in Kemmerer, Wyoming
Married: Doris Jenks (m. 1945)
Children: Pamela Hanna, Lydia H. Thornton and Kimberly H. Dicus
Military Service: USN (WWII)
Died: June 9, 2001 in Tryon, North Carolina

1960: Delegate, Democratic National Convention
1974: Resigned from the United States House of Representatives on December 31st

  • WWII: Was an aircraft radioman with the Navy Air Corps.
  • Was a member of the first class at the UCLA Law School (1949).

Source: California Blue Book (1958), (1961)
Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]
Source: Members of the California Legislature and Other State Officials by the California Teamsters Legislative Council (1957 ed.)