Anthony C. Beilenson

Anthony Charles Beilenson ( born October 26, 1932 in New Rochelle, New York ) is a former American politician. Between 1977 and 1997 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Anthony Beilenson attended the public schools in Mount Vernon. Then he studied until 1950 at the Phillips Academy in Andover (Massachusetts ). This was followed up in 1954 to further study at Harvard University. After a subsequent law degree from the same university in 1957 and was admitted to his lawyer, he began to work in this profession in Beverly Hills, Calif., in a large law firm. This firm represented mainly the film industry. At the same time suggested Beilenson as a member of the Democratic Party a political career one. Between 1963 and 1966 he was a deputy in the California State Assembly; 1967 to 1976 he was a member of the State Senate.

In the congressional elections of 1976 Beilenson the 23rd electoral district of California was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Thomas M. Rees on January 3, 1977. After nine elections he could pass in Congress until January 3, 1997 ten legislative periods. Since 1993 he represented there as a successor of Henry Waxman 24th District of the State of. From 1989 to 1991 he was chairman of the Intelligence Committee.

1996 renounced Anthony Beilenson on another candidacy. Since his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives, he is no longer politically have appeared.