| 词条 | John J. McFall |
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| name=John Joseph McFall | image=John J. McFall.jpg | title=House Majority Whip |term_start= January 3, 1973 |term_end= January 3, 1977 | leader= Tip O'Neill | predecessor= Tip O'Neill | successor= John Brademas |state2=California |district2=14th | term_start2= January 3, 1975 | term_end2= December 31, 1978 | predecessor2=Jerome R. Waldie | successor2= Norman D. Shumway |state3=California |district3=15th | term_start3= January 3, 1963 | term_end3= January 3, 1975 | predecessor3=Gordon L. McDonough | successor3=Bernice F. Sisk |state4=California |district4=11th | term_start4= January 3, 1957 | term_end4= January 3, 1963 | predecessor4=J. Leroy Johnson | successor4=J. Arthur Younger |title5=Member of the California State Assembly | predecessor5= | successor5= | term_start5=1951 | term_end5=1956 |title6=Mayor of Manteca, California | term_start6=1949 | term_end6=1950 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|02|20|mf=y}} | birth_place = Buffalo, New York | death_date={{Death date and age|2006|03|07|1918|02|20|mf=y}} | death_place=Alexandria, Virginia | party= Democratic | residence= | spouse= Evelyn A.M. Anklam | children=Four children | profession=Attorney | religion= |alma_mater=UC Berkeley School of Law |branch= United States Army |battles= World War II |rank= | footnotes= }} John Joseph McFall (February 20, 1918 – March 7, 2006) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the state of California, rising to the position of House Majority Whip. Early life and careerMcFall was born in Buffalo, New York. He and his family moved to Manteca, California where he attended school, and in 1936 graduated from Modesto Junior College. In 1938 he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and obtained his law degree there in 1941. His career as an attorney was interrupted by a stint in the United States Army Counterintelligence Corps from 1942 to 1946. PoliticsIn 1948 McFall became a Manteca councilman. He was elected to the state assembly in 1951 and served there until his election to the United States Congress in 1956. McFall served eleven terms in Congress, but lost his bid for re-election to a 12th term in 1978 and resigned on December 31, 1978. KoreagateCongressman McFall, along with other elected officials, was reprimanded for his role in the influence peddling scandal that came to be known as Koreagate.[1] Personal life and deathHe married to Evelyn A.M. Anklam McFall in 1950. The couple had four children. In 1978 he retired to Alexandria, Virginia. He died March 7, 2006 from complications of a broken hip and Parkinson's disease.[2] See also
References1. ^{{cite book|last=Grossman|first=Mark|title=Political Corruption in America: An Encyclopedia of Scandals, Power, and Greed |year=2008|publisher=Grey House Publishing|isbn=978-1-59237-297-3|page=208}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/16/local/me-mcfall16 |last=Times Staff and Wire Reports |title=John J. McFall, 88; Former Congressman Reprimanded in '70s Influence Scandal|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=16 March 2006}} External links{{CongBio|M000436}}{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox| state= California | district= 11 | before= J. Leroy Johnson | years= 1957–1963 | after= J. Arthur Younger }}{{USRepSuccessionBox | state= California | district= 15 | before= Gordon L. McDonough | years= 1963–1975 | after= Bernice F. Sisk }}{{USRepSuccessionBox | state= California | district= 14 | before= Jerome R. Waldie | years= 1975–1979 | after= Norman D. Shumway }}{{s-ppo}}{{succession box | title=House Majority Whip | before= Tip O'Neill (D-MA) | years= 1973–1977 | after= John Brademas (D-IN) }}{{s-end}}{{USHouseMajWhip}}{{USHouseDemWhip}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:McFall, John J.}} 16 : 1918 births|2006 deaths|American people of Irish descent|California city council members|American army personnel of World War II|Members of the California State Assembly|Members of the United States House of Representatives from California|Mayors of places in California|Censured or reprimanded members of the United States House of Representatives|Politicians from Buffalo, New York|People from Manteca, California|California Democrats|United States Army personnel|Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives|University of California, Berkeley School of Law alumni|20th-century American politicians |
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