Burt L. Talcott

A Representative from California. Born in Billings, Yellowstone County, Mont. , February 22, 1920. Attended the public schools and Great Falls High School. Graduated from Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. , 1942. Graduated from Stanford University Law School, Palo Alto, Calif. , 1948. Worked as a journeyman carpenter while attending high school and college. United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1945, became a bomber pilot and on a mission over Austria was shot down, wounded, and held for fourteen months in a German prison camp. Was discharged in 1945 as a first lieutenant and awarded the Air Medal and Purple Heart with clusters. Was admitted to the bar in 1948. Lawyer, private practice, Salinas, Calif. Member of the County Board of Supervisors from the Salinas-Alisal district, 1954-1962, serving as chairman of the board in 1962. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1977). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976. President and consultant for legislative affairs, Talcott, McCabe and Associates, 1977-1986. Associate deputy administrator for congressional affairs, Veterans Administration. Committee officer, Pierce County, Wash. , 1994-1999. Died on July 29, 2016, in Tacoma, Wash. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.