George V. Hansen

George Vernon Hansen ( born 14 September 1930 in Tetonia, Teton County, Idaho ) is a former American politician. Between 1965 and 1969, and from 1975 to 1985, he was the second electoral district of the state of Idaho in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years and career

George Hansen attended the public schools of his home and then Ricks College in Rexburg. Between 1956 and 1957, and from 1962 to 1963 he studied at the Idaho State University. In the meantime, he has also completed the Grimm's Business College in 1958. Between the elementary school and a student, was George Hansen from 1951 to 1954 member of the U.S. Air Force. Between 1964 and 1970 he was a member of the reserve of the U.S. Navy. From 1958 to 1965 he worked in the insurance industry.

Political career

George Hansen was a member of the Republican Party. In the years 1961 and 1962 he was mayor of Alameda, which was later merged with Pocatello. In 1962, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate and in 1968 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention, on the Richard Nixon was nominated as presidential candidate of the party. In the congressional elections of 1964, Hansen was elected in the second district of Idaho in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he replaced Ralph R. Harding on January 3, 1965. After a re-election in 1966, he was able to implement his mandate in Congress until January 3, 1969. In the elections of 1968 he had renounced in favor of a then unsuccessful candidacy for the U.S. Senate in a recent re-election. Its seat was then at Orval H. Hansen.

In 1972, George Hansen applied for the third time unsuccessfully for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Between 1969 and 1971 he worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Then he returned to Potacello, where he devoted himself to his private business. In 1974 he was again elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. There he completed between January 1975 and January 3, 1985, five other legislative periods 3. In 1984 he was defeated by Democrat Richard H. Stallings. Hansen was one of the most conservative members of Congress of his time. In 1979 he traveled during the political crisis with Iran to Tehran to negotiate with the Iranians.

Further CV

In 1984 he was accused did not specify all of its revenue. This matter has also contributed to his electoral defeat. He was convicted of the offense to 15 months in prison. This judgment was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1995. Hansen was appointed chairman of a political consulting firm in Washington. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.

Works

• To harass our people: The IRS and government abuse of power, Positive Publications, (1981).
• How the IRS seizes your dollars and how to fight back, Simon and Schuster, (1981 ), ISBN 0,671,427,954th