Edwin Reinecke

Edwin Reinecke ( born January 7, 1924 in Medford, Oregon ) is a former American politician. Between 1965 and 1969 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Edwin Reinecke attended the public schools in Beverly Hills. During the Second World War, he served 1942-1946 in the U.S. Navy. Then he studied until 1950 at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Subsequently he worked as a mechanical engineer. In 1964 he became president of the company Febco Inc., which manufactured lawn irrigation systems. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1964, Reinecke in the 27th electoral district of California was in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Everett G. Burkhalter on 3 January 1965. After two re- elections he could remain until his resignation on January 21, 1969 in Congress. This time was determined by the events of the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. Reinecke was a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs (Interior Committee) and campaigned for the protection of rivers in the West dams and other interventions.

Reinecke's resignation was after his appointment as Lieutenant Governor of California. This office he held between 1969 and 1974. In 1974, he unsuccessfully sought the nomination of his party for the gubernatorial elections, which instead went to Houston I. Flournoy. In the same year he was involved in the Watergate scandal. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for perjury. One day before the verdict, he resigned as vice- governor. The sentence was then released on appeal. Between 1981 and 1983 he was deputy and actual 1983-1985 Chairman of the Republicans in California.

Spends his life at Edwin Reinecke in Rancho Mirage.