Floyd V. Hicks

A Representative from Washington. Born in Prosser, Benton County, Wash. , May 29, 1915. Attended the public schools. Served in the United States Army Air Corps, April 1942 to June 1946. Entered the service as a private and was discharged as a captain. Graduated from Central Washington State College, Ellensburg, Wash. , in 1938. School teacher and coach, 1935-1942. Took advanced work in education at Washington State University, 1940-1942. Graduated from University of Washington Law School in 1948. Was admitted to the bar in March 1949 and commenced the practice of law in Pierce County, Wash. Superior court judge of Pierce County in 1961 and 1962. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1977). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress. Died on December 1, 1992, in Tacoma, Wash.