Thomas M. Rees

Thomas Mankell Rees ( born March 26, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, † December 9, 2003 in Santa Cruz, California ) was an American politician. Between 1965 and 1977 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Thomas Rees attended the common schools and the Occidental College in Los Angeles, he graduated in 1950. Thereafter, he served in the U.S. Army. After studying law at the University of California and his admission to the bar he began to work in this profession. He was also president of a export company. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. From 1954 to 1962 he sat as a deputy in the California State Assembly; 1962-1965 he was a member of the State Senate. Between 1956 and 1968 he participated as a delegate to all Democratic National Conventions.

Following the resignation of Mr James Roosevelt Rees was at the due election for the 26 seats of California as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he took up his new mandate on 15 December 1965. After five elections he could remain until January 3, 1977 in Congress. Since 1975 he represented as a successor of Delwin Clawson 23 electoral district of his state. In his time as a congressman fell among other things, the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal and domestic politics, the final phase of the civil rights movement.

1976 renounced Rees on another candidacy. Later, he became director of community development, Commission of the City of San José. He died on 9 December 2003 in Santa Cruz.