Edwin Reinecke, who went by Ed Reinecke, (born January 7, 1924) is a retired California politician. He was born in Medford, Oregon, and served in the Navy during World War II. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1942 and then attended the California Institute of Technology, where he completed a degree in mechanical engineering. Together with his sister (Charlotte) and two brothers (Fred and Bill), he founded FEBCO, a manufacturing company, in southern California. He served in the House of Representatives between 1965 and 1969. As a member of the Interior committee, he worked to preserve Western rivers (including the Colorado River, which was to be dammed within the Grand Canyon).
He subsequently served as the 39th Lieutenant Governor of California, from January 8, 1969, to October 2, 1974. Reinecke ran for Governor of California in 1974 but failed to win the Republican Party nomination. He lost to the more liberal GOP candidate, Houston I. Flournoy, who was then defeated by the Democrat, Jerry Brown.[1]
Reinecke was convicted of perjury and sentenced to 18 months in prison as part of the Watergate investigation. He resigned one day before his sentencing, which was overturned on appeal because "the Senate Judiciary Committee before which he was accused of perjuring himself had failed to publish its rule permitting a one-man quorum."[2][3]
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| Preceded by Everett G. Burkhalter |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 27th congressional district 1965–1969 |
Succeeded by Barry Goldwater, Jr. |
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