Teno Roncalio

A Representative from Wyoming. Born in Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyo. , March 23, 1916. Attended the public schools. Graduated from the University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo. , 1947. United States Army, 1941-1946, participated in the Normandy invasion. Staff, United States Senate Library, 1940-1941. Lawyer, private practice. Deputy prosecuting attorney of Laramie County, Wyo. , 1950-1956. Chair of the Wyoming Democratic Central committee, 1957-1961. Delegate to Democratic National Conventions, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, and national committeeman, 1969-1970. Banker. Member of the International Joint Commission, United States-Canada, 1961-1964. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1967). Was not a candidate for renomination to the Ninetieth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1966. Elected to the Ninety-second and to the three succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation on December 30, 1978 (January 3, 1971-December 30, 1978). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978. Served as Special Master in Wyoming's Big Horn adjudication of Indian Water Rights, 1979-1982. Died on March 30, 2003, in Cheyenne, Wyo. Interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.