Richard T. Hanna

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Richard Thomas Hanna (June 9, 1914 – June 9, 2001) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1963 to 1974.

He became involved in a scandal dubbed Koreagate by accepting bribes from a businessman working for the South Korean government. He was found guilty, resigned his seat, and served one year in prison.[1][2]

History

Hanna was born in Kemmerer, Wyoming and graduated from Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, California. He received his BA and LLB from the University of California, Los Angeles and then became a lawyer in private practice, after serving in the United States Naval Air Corps from 1942 to 1945.

Career

Hanna served in the California State Assembly from 1956 to 1963.

Congress

He was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth United States Congress in 1962 and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963 - December 31, 1974) to represent California's 34th congressional district, which then covered parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties.

Koreagate

In the 1970s, he received payments of about $200,000 from Korean businessman Tongsun Park in what became known as the Koreagate influence buying scandal. After the payments were revealed, he pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery and was sentenced to 6–30 months in federal prison, of which he served one year.[3]

Death

After his death on his 87th birthday, June 9, 2001, in Tryon, North Carolina, he was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of North Carolina.[4]

Congressman electoral history

1962 United States House of Representatives elections in California[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard T. Hanna Script error: No such module "string". 55.9
Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert A. Geier Script error: No such module "string". 44.1
Total votes Script error: No such module "string". 100.0
Script error: No such module "Political party". win (new seat)

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1964 United States House of Representatives elections in California[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) Script error: No such module "string". 58.3
Script error: No such module "Political party". Robert A. Geier Script error: No such module "string". 41.7
Total votes Script error: No such module "string". 100.0
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1966 United States House of Representatives elections in California[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) Script error: No such module "string". 55.8
Script error: No such module "Political party". Frank LaMagna Script error: No such module "string". 44.2
Total votes Script error: No such module "string". 100.0
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1968 United States House of Representatives elections in California[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) Script error: No such module "string". 50.9
Script error: No such module "Political party". Bill J. Teague Script error: No such module "string". 49.1
Total votes Script error: No such module "string". 100.0
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1970 United States House of Representatives elections in California[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) Script error: No such module "string". 54.5
Script error: No such module "Political party". Bill J. Teague Script error: No such module "string". 44.0
Script error: No such module "Political party". Lee R. Rayburn Script error: No such module "string". 1.5
Total votes Script error: No such module "string". 100.0
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

1972 United States House of Representatives elections in California[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Script error: No such module "Political party". Richard T. Hanna (Incumbent) Script error: No such module "string". 67.2
Script error: No such module "Political party". John D. Ratterree Script error: No such module "string". 28.9
Script error: No such module "Political party". Lee R. Rayburn Script error: No such module "string". 3.9
Total votes Script error: No such module "string". 100.0
Script error: No such module "Political party". hold

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

See also

References

  1. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ 1962 election results
  6. ↑ 1964 election results
  7. ↑ 1966 election results
  8. ↑ 1968 election results
  9. ↑ 1970 election results
  10. ↑ 1972 election results

Template:CongBio

External links

Template:Error
New constituency Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 34th congressional district
1963–1974 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

Script error: No such module "Template wrapper". Template:Authority control

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Richard_T._Hanna&oldid=4797692"