Paul Findley

Paul Findley ( born June 23, 1921 in Jacksonville, Morgan County, Illinois ) is a former American politician. Between 1961 and 1983 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Paul Findley attended the public schools of his home and then to 1943 the Illinois College, also in Jacksonville. Between 1943 and 1946 he served during the Second World War in the Pacific region in the United States Navy. He then became president of the company Pike Press Inc., Pittsfield. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In 1952 he ran unsuccessfully for the Senate from Illinois.

In the congressional elections of 1960, Findley was in the 20th electoral district of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Edna O. Simpson on January 3, 1961. After ten re- election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1983 eleven legislative periods. During his time in Parliament fell among other things, the Vietnam War, the civil rights movement and in 1974, the Watergate affair. In 1982 he was not re-elected.

Between 1983 and 1994, Findley was a board member of the international organization International Food and Agricultural Development. He criticizes the U.S. foreign policy towards Israel as uncritical support of that State. At the same time it supports the Council on American - Islamic Relations. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 Findley blamed the US-Israel relations for these events. With its anti -Israeli stance he sparked controversy on this subject. Today, Paul Findley lives at an old age in Jacksonville.