David E. Skaggs

A Representative from Colorado. Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 22, 1943. Graduated from Cranford High School, Cranford, N. J. , 1960. B. A. , Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. , 1964. LL. B. , Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn. , 1967. United States Marine Corps, 1968-1971. United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1971-1978. Lawyer, private practice. Aide to United States Representative Timothy Wirth of Colorado, 1975-1977. Delegate, Democratic National Convention,1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996. Member of the Colorado state house of representatives, 1980-1986. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1987-January 3, 1999). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixth Congress in 1998.