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Fortney Pete Stark

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Fortney Pete Stark
Former U.S. Representative
U.S. Representative CA – District 13
Democratic Service: 1973-2013

Democratic
CA (District 13)
House

a Representative from California. Born in Milwaukee, Wis. , November 11, 1931. Graduated from Wauwatosa High School, Wauwatosa, Wis. , 1949. B. S. , Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass. , 1953. M. B. A. , University of California, Berkeley, Calif. , 1960. United States Air Force, 1955-1957. Bank executive. Alternate delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1972. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third and to the nineteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 2013). Chair, Committee on the District of Columbia (One Hundred Third Congress), Committee on Ways and Means (One Hundred Eleventh Congress). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012. Died on January 24, 2020, in Harwood, Md.

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