George V. Hansen

A Representative from Idaho. Born in Tetonia, Teton County, Idaho, September 14, 1930. Attended public schools. B. A. , Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho, 1956. Did graduate work at Idaho State University, 1956-1957 and 1962-1963. Graduated from Grimms Business College in 1958. Served in the United States Air Force, 1951-1954, and was a graduate of the U. S. Army language school. Officer in the United States Naval Reserve, 1964-1970. Grain elevator manager, 1950-1951 and 1954. Public school teacher, 1956-1958. Engaged in the life insurance business, 1958-1965. Mayor of Alameda, Idaho, 1961-1962. Upon consolidation of Alameda and Pocatello served as city commissioner of Pocatello, Idaho, 1962-1965. Director of the Idaho Municipal League, 1961-1963. Unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1962. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-ninth and Ninetieth Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1969). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-first Congress, but ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 1968. Deputy under secretary for congressional liaison, deputy administrator for Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service, and vice president of Commodity Credit Corporation, United States Department of Agriculture, 1969-1971. Returned to Pocatello and engaged in private business pursuits, 1971-1975. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 1972. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1985). Reprimanded by the U. S. House of Representatives on July 31, 1984, for conviction on four counts of making false statements related to financial disclosure forms. Was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress in 1984. Chairman of a political consulting firm in Washington, D. C. Died on August 14, 2014, in Pocatello, Idaho. Interment at Cache Clawson Cemetery, Tetonia, Idaho.