William A. Steiger

William Albert " Bill" Steiger ( born May 15, 1938 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, † 4 December 1978 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1967 and 1978 he represented the state of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

William Steiger visited the Rose C. Swart Campus School and then the Oshkosh High School. Until 1960 he studied at the University of Wisconsin. He then became president of the company Steiger - Rathke Development Co. and a board member of Oshkosh Motor Lodge Inc. Politically Steiger was a member of the Republican Party. From 1959 to 1961 he was head of its youth organization in schools. Between 1960 and 1967 he sat in the Wisconsin State Assembly. In 1968 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, on the Richard Nixon was nominated as presidential candidate of the party.

In the congressional elections of 1966, Steiger was elected in the sixth constituency of Wisconsin in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he succeeded the Democrat John Abner Race on January 3, 1967. After six re- elections he could remain due to a heart attack on December 4, 1978 at the Congress until his sudden death. He had been elected only a few weeks before his death in a new legislature, which he could no longer compete. Steiger campaigned for tax cuts for economic recovery. He also supported a number of environmental protection measures. During his time as a congressman of the Vietnam War ended. In the years 1973 and 1974, the work of the Congress was influenced by the events surrounding the Watergate affair.