Jerome R. Waldie

A Representative from California. Born in Antioch, Calif. , February 15, 1925. Attended Antioch public schools. Graduated from University of California, 1950. Graduated from University of California School of Law, Boalt, Calif. , 1953. United States Army, 1943-1946. Member of California state assembly, 1959-1966, majority leader, 1961-1966. Elected as a Democrat by special election to the Eighty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative John F. Baldwin. Reelected to the four succeeding Congresses (June 7, 1966-January 3, 1975). Was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of California in 1974. Public advocate. Chairman, Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, 1978-1979. Executive director, White House Conference on Aging, 1980. Member, California Agricultural Relations Board, 1981-1985. Died on April 3, 2009, in Placerville, Calif.