Richard Hanna
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromCalifornia's34th district
In office January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Mark W. Hannaford
Member of theCalifornia State Assembly from the75th district
In office June 28, 1956 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by	LeRoy Lyon
Succeeded by	Victor Veysey
Personal details
Born	Richard Thomas Hanna (1914-06-09)June 9, 1914 Kemmerer, Wyoming, U.S.
Died	June 9, 2001(2001-06-09) (aged 87) Tryon, North Carolina, U.S.
Party	Democratic
Spouse	Doris Jenks
Children	3
Education	Pasadena City College University of California, Los Angeles (BA,LLB)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Navy
Battles/wars	World War II

Richard Thomas Hanna (June 9, 1914 – June 9, 2001) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as aU.S. Representative fromCalifornia from 1963 to 1974.

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

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

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

He was elected as aDemocrat to theEighty-eighth United States Congress in 1962 and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963 - December 31, 1974) to representCalifornia's 34th congressional district, which then covered parts ofLos Angeles andOrange counties.

In the 1970s, he received payments of about $200,000 from Korean businessman Tongsun Park in what became known as theKoreagate 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]

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

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