Tunney, John V. (John Varick), 1934-2018
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found: NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, H. Papers, 1941-1983(Tunney, John Varick, 1934- )
found: Members of Congress, 1789-1982:p. 1143 (Tunney, John Varick; Sen. from California; b. 1934)
found: LC data base, 5-26-88(hdg.: Tunney, John V.)
found: Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. website, April 29, 2014(Tunney, John Varick, a Representative and a Senator from California; born in New York City, June 26, 1934; graduated from Yale University 1956; attended the Academy of International Law at The Hague, Netherlands, in 1957; graduated from the law school of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1959; admitted to the Virginia and New York bars in 1959 and commenced practice in New York City; joined the United States Air Force as a judge advocate and served until discharged as a captain in April 1963; taught business law at the University of California at Riverside in 1961 and 1962; admitted to practice law in California in 1963; special adviser to the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime 1963-1968; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress; reelected to the two succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1965, until his resignation January 2, 1971; was not a candidate for reelection, but was elected in 1970 to the United States Senate for the six-year term commencing January 3, 1971; subsequently appointed by the Governor, January 2, 1971, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George Murphy for the term ending January 3, 1971; served from January 2, 1971, until his resignation January 1, 1977; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976; resumed the practice of law in Los Angeles; is a resident of Beverly Hills, Calif.)
found: New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 16, 2018(in obituary published Jan. 12: John V. Tunney; b. John Varick Tunney, June 26, 1934, New York City; d. Friday [Jan. 12, 2018], Brentwood, Los Angeles, aged 83; famous boxer's son who became a charismatic congressman and senator from California and seemed to be a rising star in the Democratic Party, only to be sent into early political exile because of turbulent times, his own miscalculations, and the unpredictability of the Golden State)
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1988-06-13: new
2018-01-16: revised
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