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Burt L. Talcott
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 16th district
In office
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1977
Preceded byBernice F. Sisk
Succeeded byLeon Panetta
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 12th district
In office
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1975
Preceded byBernice F. Sisk
Succeeded byPete McCloskey
Personal details
Born
Burt Lacklen Talcott

(1920-02-22) February 22, 1920 (age 104)
Billings, Montana
Political partyRepublican
SpouseLee Taylor (m.1942–2010; her death)
Alma materStanford University
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army Air Corps
Years of service1942–1945
AwardsAir Medal, Purple Heart

Burt Lacklen Talcott (born February 22, 1920) is a former member of the United States Congress from the State of California.

Military career

Born in Billings, Montana, Talcott received his degree from Stanford University in 1942, after which he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps where he became a bomber pilot. On a mission in a B-24[1] over Austria, Talcott was shot down and captured, spending 14 months in a German Prisoner-of-war camp. Upon his discharge from the military in 1945 he received the Air Medal and Purple Heart with clusters.[2]

Political career

After holding various county offices, Talcott was elected to the 88th United States Congress as a Republican and served an additional seven terms (January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1977) before losing his seat in 1976 to Leon Panetta.[3] Since then Talcott has worked on a variety of private and public legislative work.

Personal life

He currently (Feb. 2014) resides in Tacoma, Washington with his son and daughter-in-law, Ron & "Gigi" Talcott. He was elected to serve on the Charter Review Commission Dist. 7 Pos. 3 of Pierce County.[2] His wife, Lee Taylor, whom he married in 1942, died in 2010.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1969/09/21/page/8/article/pows-plight-familiar-to-2-in-congress
  2. ^ a b "Burt Talcott:Candidate Details". Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  3. ^ McCloskey, Pete (19 December 2002). "Crises in Both Parties". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  4. ^ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thecalifornian/obituary.aspx?n=lee-talcott&pid=144912384
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 12th congressional district
January 3, 1963–January 3, 1975 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 16th congressional district
January 3, 1975–January 3, 1977 		Succeeded by
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