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Craig Hosmer | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia | |
| In office January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Clyde Doyle |
| Succeeded by | Mark W. Hannaford (redistricting) |
| Constituency | 18th district (1953–63) 32nd district (1963–74) |
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| Born | Chester Craig Hosmer (1915-05-06)May 6, 1915 |
| Died | October 11, 1982(1982-10-11) (aged 67) North Pacific Ocean, aboard theAzure Seas |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
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Chester Craig Hosmer (May 6, 1915 – October 11, 1982) was an American lawyer and politician who served eleven terms as aUnited States representative fromCalifornia from 1953 to 1974.
Hosmer was born inBrea, California, inOrange County. He attended the public schools, graduated fromLong Beach Polytechnic High School. Hosmer graduated from theUniversity of California, Berkeley in 1937.
He attended theUniversity of Michigan Law School in 1938 and graduated from theUniversity of Southern California Law School in 1940. Hosmer was admitted to the bar in 1940 and began practice inLong Beach, California.
He enlisted in theUnited States Navy in July 1940 and advanced to the rank of commander; rear admiral, Naval Reserve.
He was an attorney with theU.S. Atomic Energy Commission atLos Alamos, New Mexico and special assistant United States District Attorney forNew Mexico in 1948. He then returned to Long Beach, California to private practice.
Hosmer was an unsuccessfulRepublican candidate for election in 1950 to theEighty-second Congress. He was elected as aRepublican to theEighty-third and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1953, until his resignation December 31, 1974. Hosmer voted in favor of theCivil Rights Acts of 1957,[1]1960,[2]1964,[3] and1968,[4] as well as the24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,[5] but did not vote on theVoting Rights Act of 1965.[6] He was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress.
Representative Hosmer was outraged by the 1967USSLiberty incident and was one of the few Congressmen to call for an investigation. He was openly angry about the attack and called for restitution and legal recourse:
"I can only conclude that the coordinated attack by aircraft and motor torpedo boats on the U.S.S.Liberty 15 1/2 miles north of Sinai on June 8 which killed 34 officers and men of the Navy and wounded another 175 was deliberate. The fact that the U.S.S.Liberty was aVictory hull vessel, hundreds of which were produced and used by the U.S. Navy during World War II and since, rules out the possibility of mistaken identity. Every ship recognition book in the world has, for years, identified the characteristic Victory hull and superstructure of the U.S.S.Liberty as U.S. Navy property…Whatever the reason for the attack, it was an act of high piracy. Those responsible should be court-martialed on charges of murder, amongst other counts. The Israel Government should pay full reparations to the United States and indemnities to the families of the Americans killed."[7][8][9]
He was president of the American Nuclear Energy Council from 1975 to 1979. He was a resident ofWashington, D.C. until his death on October 11, 1982, aboard acruise ship bound forMexico.
He was buried atArlington National Cemetery,Arlington, Virginia.[10]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia's 18th congressional district 1953–1963 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by None | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia's 32nd congressional district 1963–1974 | Succeeded by |
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