Bill Lowery (politician)

William David "Bill" Lowery ( born May 2, 1947 in San Diego, California) is an American politician. Between 1981 and 1993 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Lowery attended the public schools of his home and thereafter until 1965, the Point Loma High School. He then studied at the San Diego State University. In the following years he worked in the advertising industry. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. From 1977 to 1980 he was a town councilor in San Diego, where he served since 1979 as Deputy Mayor. In July 1980, Lowery delegate to the Republican National Convention in Detroit, was nominated on the Ronald Reagan as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1980, Lowery was the 41st electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Bob Wilson on January 3, 1981. After five re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1993 six legislative periods. Since 1990 he was involved in the House banking scandal. It turned out that he submitted more than 300 bad checks at the congress bank that this had to settle. As a result of this matter, he withdrew before the election of 1990 because he assumed not to be re-elected.

Since the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives William Lowery works as a lobbyist in the capital Washington.