Douglas H. Bosco

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Douglas Harry Bosco (born July 28, 1946) is a former U.S. Representative from California.

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bosco attended Homestead High School, Sunnyvale, California. He graduated from the Capitol Page School in Washington, D.C., 1963. He received a B.A. from Willamette University in 1968 and a J.D. from Willamette Law in 1971. He was admitted to the California bar in 1971, and commenced practice in San Rafael. He served as director of the California Department of Human Relations in 1973. He became executive director of the Marin County Housing Authority in 1974.

Bosco was elected to the California State Assembly, and served from 1978 to 1982. He served as a delegate to the California State Democratic convention in 1982. He served as a delegate to the 1980 Democratic National Convention.

Bosco was elected as a Democrat representing California's 1st Congressional District to the Ninety-eighth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1991). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1990 to the One Hundred Second Congress, being beaten by Republican Frank Riggs. He is a resident of Occidental, California.

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• Douglas H. Bosco at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Political offices
Preceded by Barry Keene	California State Assemblyman, 2nd District 1978-1982	Succeeded by Dan Hauser
Preceded by Eugene A. Chappie	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 1st congressional district 1983-1991	Succeeded by Frank Riggs