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Robert J. Lagomarsino

Official portrait of Robert J. Lagomarsino
Robert J. Lagomarsino
Former U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative CA – District 19
Republican Service: 1973-1993

Republican
CA (District 19)
House
A Representative from California. Born in Ventura, Ventura County, Calif. , September 4, 1926. Attended the public schools of Ventura. B. A. , University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, Calif. , 1950. J. D. , University of Santa Clara Law School, Santa Clara, Calif. , 1953. Admitted to the California bar in 1954. Lawyer, private practice. United States Navy, 1944-1946. Member of the Ojai City, Calif. , Council, 1958. Mayor of Ojai, Calif. , 1958-1961. Member of the California state senate, by special election, 1961-1974. Delegate, California state Republican conventions, 1961-1974. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968 and 1984. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-third Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Charles M. Teague, and reelected to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 5, 1974-January 3, 1993). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992. Died on February 7, 2021, in Ojai, Calif. Interment at Ivy Lawn Memorial Park, Ventura, Calif.