John J. McFall

A Representative from California. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N. Y. , February 20, 1918. Attended the public schools of Manteca, Calif. Graduated from Modesto Junior College, Modesto, Calif. , 1936. Graduated, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. , 1938. J. D. , University of California Law School, Berkeley, Calif. , 1941. Admitted to the bar in 1941. Attorney in Oakland, Calif. , in 1941 and 1942. Served as staff sergeant in Security Intelligence Corps, 1942-1946. Engaged in the practice of law in Manteca, Calif. , in 1946. City councilman and mayor of Manteca, Calif. , 1948-1951. Member of California state assembly, 1951-1956. Delegate to all State Democratic conventions, 1948-1958. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fifth and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation (January 3, 1957-December 31, 1978). Majority whip (Ninety-third and Ninety-fourth Congresses). Reprimanded by the U. S. House of Representatives on October 13, 1978, for failure to report campaign contributions from a Korean lobbyist. Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978. Died on March 7, 2006, in Alexandria, Va.