Eugene A. Chappie

Eugene Albert Chappie ( born March 28, 1920 in Sacramento, California, † 31 May 1992, Georgetown, California ) was an American politician. Between 1981 and 1987 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Eugene Chappie attended the public schools of his home, including the Sacramento High School, where he graduated in 1938. Between 1942 and 1947 he served as a captain in the U.S. Army where he served during World War II in the South Pacific and later in Korea. After his military time, Chappie operated as a rancher. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Republican Party. Between 1950 and 1964 he was district administrator in El Dorado County. From 1964 to 1980 he sat as a deputy in the California State Assembly. Between 1968 and 1972 he was a delegate to the Republican party days in California. He also took part in the 1968 and 1972 Republican National Conventions, on each of which Richard Nixon was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1980, Chappie in the first electoral district of California was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded by Harold T. Johnson on January 3, 1981. After two re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1987 three legislative periods. Since 1983 he represented there as a successor of Donald H. Clausen the second district of his state. In 1986 Chappie gave up another candidacy. Between 1989 and 1991 he was a member of the county council in El Dorado County. He died on 31 May 1992, Georgetown.