John H. Rousselot
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John Rousselot | |
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U.S. House of Representatives from California | |
In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | |
Preceded by | George A. Kasem |
Succeeded by | Ronald B. Cameron |
Constituency | 25th district |
In office June 30, 1970 – January 3, 1983 | |
Preceded by | Glenard P. Lipscomb |
Succeeded by | Matthew G. Martínez (redistricting) |
Constituency | 24th district (1970–75) 26th district (1975–83) |
Personal details | |
Born | John Harbin Rousselot November 1, 1927 Los Angeles, California, US |
Died | May 11, 2003 Irvine, California, US | (aged 75)
Political party | Republican |
Alma mater | Principia College (1949)[1] |
John Harbin Rousselot (November 1, 1927 – May 11, 2003) was a
Biography
Born in 1927 in Los Angeles, California, Rousselot attended the public schools of San Marino and South Pasadena. He received a B.A. from Principia College, Elsah, Illinois, in 1949, and went to work as an insurance agent. During the 1950s he also was an author and public relations consultant.
From 1954 to 1955, Rousselot served as assistant to the public relations director of Pacific Finance Corp.,
Rousselot resigned his position at the FHA to return to southern California to run for Congress. His first notable political activity had been as a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention, and he had served as a member of the executive committee of the California Republican State Central Committee in 1956–57.
Congress
Rousselot was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress (January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963) from California's 25th congressional district, defeating Democratic incumbent George A. Kasem.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962, losing to Democrat Ronald B. Cameron.
During the next few years, Rousselot worked as a management consultant and as Western regional director for the
Rousselot was elected to the
In the Republican primary for the 1970 special election, he narrowly edged out former congressman
In the special general election he handily defeated Democrat Myrlie Evers, the widow of assassinated civil rights activist Medgar Evers.
The district still was numbered the 24th when he won full terms in 1970 and 1972, but a 1973 redistricting ordered by the
Rousselot was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982 after a partisan redistricting divided his old congressional district, leading him to run in the 30th District represented by Democrat
Later career and death
Rousselot served as special assistant to President Ronald Reagan in 1983, and as president of the National Council of Savings Institutions, a lobbying group, from 1985 to 1988.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992 in the newly redrawn 25th Congressional District, which ultimately was won by Republican
Rousselot died of heart failure in Irvine, California, in 2003.
References
- United States Congress. "John H. Rousselot (id: R000469)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress