Jerry Lewis

A Representative from California. Born in Seattle, King County, Wash. , October 21, 1934. Graduated from San Bernardino High School, San Bernardino, Calif. , 1952. B. A. , University of California, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1956. Coro Foundation, 1956-1957. Insurance businessman. Member, San Bernardino School Board, San Bernardino, Calif. , 1964-1968. Staff, United States Representative Jerry Pettis of California, 1966. Member of the California state assembly, 1969-1978. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-sixth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 2013). Chair, House Republican Conference (One Hundred First and One Hundred Second Congresses). Chair, Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred Ninth Congress). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012. Died on July 15, 2021.