Robert R. Casey

Robert Randolph Casey ( born July 27, 1915 in Joplin, Missouri, † April 17, 1986 in Houston, Texas ) was an American politician. Between 1959 and 1976 he represented the state of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1930 Robert Casey came with his parents to Houston. He attended San Jacinto High School and studied at the University of Houston after. After a subsequent law degree from the South Texas School of Law and his 1940 was admitted to the bar he began in Alvin to work in this profession. In the years 1942 and 1943 he was the legal representative of the city; there he was sitting in the school committee. Later he returned to Houston. In 1948 he became deputy prosecutor in Harris County. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Between 1949 and 1951 he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives. From 1950 to 1958 Casey served as a district judge in Harris County. He was also a board member of the South Texas College of Law and the Speech and Hearing Center. He was also a director of the South Texas Law Journal, Inc.

In the congressional elections of 1958, Casey was in the 22nd electoral district of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where on January 3, 1959, he became the successor of Martin Dies. After eight elections he could remain until his resignation on January 22, 1976 in Congress. In this time were, among others, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and the final phase of the civil rights movement. Casey's resignation took place after his appointment to the Federal Maritime Commission, where he remained for some time. He then practiced as a lawyer again. Robert Casey died on April 17, 1986 in Houston.