Daniel Hamburg

Daniel Hamburg ( born October 6, 1948 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American politician. Between 1993 and 1995 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Daniel Hamburg studied until 1970 at the Stanford University in California. Thereafter he lived in Ukiah, where he founded an alternative school. In the meantime, he developed a program of study in China for cultural development. Between 1976 and 1980, Hamburg served on the Planning Commission of the city of Ukiah. From 1981 to 1985 he was district administrator in Mendocino County. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party. In the congressional elections of 1992, he was the first electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded Frank Riggs took on 3 January 1993 he had beaten in the election. Since he lost in 1994 against Riggs, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1995.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, Daniel Hamburg, the Green Party joined. He is committed to protecting the environment. In 1998, he competed unsuccessfully as a candidate of his new political party for the office of Governor of California. In the presidential election of 2000 he supported Ralph Nader, the candidate of his party. In the same year he was arrested because he demonstrated for the legalization of marijuana. Since 2010, he is sitting in the County Council of Mendocino County.

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