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  Pettis, Jerry L.
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AffiliationRepublican  
 
NameJerry L. Pettis
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Loma Linda, California , United States
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Born July 18, 1916
DiedFebruary 14, 1975 (58 years)
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Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Sep 05, 2022 03:00pm
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Infoborn in Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz., July 18, 1916; received elementary and secondary education in Arizona and California; graduated from Pacific Union College, Angwin, Calif., in 1938; engaged in graduate work at the University of Southern California and the University of Denver in 1939-1941; founder of Magnetic Tape Duplicators of Los Angeles; founder of Audio-Digest Foundation, a subsidiary of California Medical Association; founder of a consultant firm for radio, television, and the motion picture industry; flight instructor, search and rescue pilot, Colorado Wing CAP; as pilot with Air Transport Command, Pacific Theater, 1941-1946; professor of economics; vice president for development and chairman of the Board of Councilors, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, Calif., 1948-1961; special assistant to the president of United Air Lines, Chicago, Ill.; ranch owner in Pauma Valley, Calif.; elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth Congress; reelected to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1967, until his death February 14, 1975, in a private aircraft crash in Banning, Calif.; interment in Montecito Memorial Park, San Bernardino, Calif.


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Wife Shirley Pettis 00, 0000-Feb 14, 1975

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RACES
  12/02/1974 US House Minority Whip Lost 28.15% (-27.41%)
  11/05/1974 CA District 37 Won 63.18% (+30.29%)
  11/07/1972 CA District 33 Won 75.06% (+50.11%)
  11/03/1970 CA District 33 Won 72.17% (+44.34%)
  11/05/1968 CA District 33 Won 66.28% (+34.27%)
  11/08/1966 CA District 33 Won 53.48% (+6.96%)
  11/03/1964 CA District 33 Lost 48.27% (-3.47%)
  06/02/1964 CA District 33 - R Primary Won 51.58% (+29.38%)
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