Fernand St. Germain

Fernand Joseph St. Germain ( born January 9, 1928 in Blackstone, Worcester County, Massachusetts ) is a retired American politician. Between 1961 and 1981 he represented the first electoral district of the state of Rhode Iceland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Fernand St. Germain attended the public schools in Woonsocket (Rhode Iceland ). After high school (1945 ) and Providence College ( 1948) he studied until 1955 at the Boston University law. In the meantime, he was from 1949 to 1952 soldier of the U.S. Army. After his 1956 was admitted to the bar he began to practice in Rhode Iceland in this profession.

St. Germain was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1952 and 1961 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Rhode Iceland. In 1960, he was elected in the first district of Rhode Iceland to the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Aime Forand on January 3, 1961. After he was confirmed in the 13 subsequent elections each in his office, he was able to complete a total of 14 legislative sessions in Congress until January 3, 1989. Between 1981 and 1989 he was chairman of the Banking and Financial Committee ( Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban affairs ). In this capacity he was instrumental in the abolition of some safety regulations in savings deposits and granting loans. The omission of these provisions was one of the reasons for subsequent financial crises.

In the elections of 1988, St. Germain was defeated by Republican Ronald Machtley. After he retired from politics. Today Fernand St. Germain lives in Woonsocket retired.