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KREBS, John Hans (1926-2014)

Democrat of California

17th congressional district

Served in House 1975-1979

Total roll-call votes cast: 2,802

Biography

Representative from California; born in Berlin, Germany, December 17, 1926; moved to Israel in 1933 and attended Balfour School (elementary), 1937; graduated from Ben Yehuda College (high school), 1945; immigrated to America in 1946 and obtained United States citizenship in 1954; A.B., University of California at Berkeley, 1950; LL.B., University of California Hastings College of Law, San Francisco, 1957; admitted to the California bar in 1957 and commenced practice in Fresno in 1958; served in United States Army, 1952-1954; member, Fresno County Planning Commission, 1965-1969; served on Fresno County Board of Supervisors, 1970-1974; delegate, California State Democratic convention, 1966; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1979); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress; died on November 10, 2014, in Fresno, Calif.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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