Teno Roncalio

Teno Roncalio ( born March 23, 1916 in Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, † March 30, 2003 in Cheyenne, Wyoming ) was an American politician. Between 1965 and 1979 he represented the state of Wyoming twice in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Early years

Teno Roncalio attended the public schools of his home and then to 1947, the University of Wyoming. His studies were interrupted by the Second World War, in which he took part as a soldier in the U.S. Army. He was involved among other things in the Normandy landings in June 1944. After the war and his admission as a lawyer Roncalio first worked in this profession. From 1950 to 1956 he was a deputy district attorney in Laramie County.

Political career

Roncalio was a member of the Democratic Party. In Wyoming, he has long been on the Board of the Party and from 1957 to 1961 and its chairman. Between 1956 and 1968 he was a delegate to all Democratic National Conventions. In the years 1969 and 1970 he was a member of the Democratic National Committee. From 1961 to 1965, Roncalio member of the International Joint Commission, a commission consisting of members from the United States and Canada and is considered, inter alia, to the waterways in the common border area, especially in the northeastern United States.

In the congressional elections of 1964, Teno Roncalio was elected as the successor to William Henry Harrison in the U.S. House of Representatives. There he completed between January 1965 and January 3, 1967 3 a legislature. In 1966 he applied unsuccessfully for a place in the U.S. Senate. After he was re- elected in the midterm elections of 1970 in the House of Representatives, he could move back to Congress on January 3, 1971. After several re- elections he retained his seat until his resignation on December 30, 1978. During the elections in November 1978, he had not been advertised.

Further CV

After his return to Wyoming Roncalio was from 1979 to 1982 member of a commission that dealt with the water rights of the Indians. After he retired finally retired from politics. Teno Roncalio died in March 2003 and was buried in Cheyenne.