Thomas M. Rees

A Representative from California. Born in Los Angeles, Calif. , on March 26, 1925. Educated in local public schools. B. A. , Occidental College, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1950. Attended University of California Law School, 1951. United States Army. Lawyer, private practice. President of Compania del Pacifico, a Latin American export firm. Member of the California state assembly, 1954-1962. Member of the California state senate, 1962-1965. Delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representatives James Roosevelt, and reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (December 15, 1965-January 3, 1977). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976. President, Community Development and Management, San Jose, Calif. Died on December 9, 2003, in Santa Cruz, Calif.