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  Talcott, Burt
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AffiliationRepublican   
NameBurt Talcott
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Gig Harbor, Washington , United States
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Born February 22, 1920
Died July 29, 2016 (96 years)
Contributoreddy 9_99
Last ModifedDavid
Dec 05, 2023 10:05am
Tags Married - Army - Methodist -
InfoFull name: Burt Lacklen Talcott

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., in 1942 and from Stanford University Law School in 1948; worked as a journeyman carpenter while attending high school and college; enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942, 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 and commenced the practice of law the same year in 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 in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; president and consultant for legislative affairs, Talcott, McCabe and Associates, 1977-1986; associate deputy administrator for congressional affairs, Veterans Administration, 1986 to present; is a resident of Bethesda, Md., and Salinas, Calif.

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  11/08/2005 Pierce County Charter Review Commission - District 7 Position 3 Won 71.30% (+43.06%)
  11/02/1976 CA District 16 Lost 46.58% (-6.84%)
  11/05/1974 CA District 16 Won 49.23% (+1.41%)
  11/07/1972 CA District 12 Won 53.97% (+10.88%)
  11/03/1970 CA District 12 Won 63.63% (+29.70%)
  11/05/1968 CA DIstrict 12 Won 92.57% (+87.59%)
  11/08/1966 CA DIstrict 12 Won 77.27% (+54.54%)
  06/07/1966 CA District 12 - D Primary Lost 9.40% (-37.63%)
  06/07/1966 CA District 12 - R Primary Won 93.88% (+87.75%)
  11/03/1964 CA DIstrict 12 Won 61.93% (+23.86%)
  06/02/1964 CA District 12 - D Primary Lost 7.96% (-39.62%)
  11/06/1962 CA District 12 Won 61.32% (+22.64%)
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