Wilson Livingood

Wilson "Bill" Livingood
Official photo as Sergeant at Arms
Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 4, 1995
Preceded by Werner Brandt
Personal details
Born 1936
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Political party Nonpartisan
Alma mater Michigan State University
Profession United States Secret Service agent

Wilson "Bill" Livingood (born 1936), a 33-year veteran of the United States Secret Service, was elected Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives on January 4, 1995, for the 104th Congress, and subsequently re-elected through the current Congress.[1][2]

From Philadelphia, he grew up in Texas and Michigan, attending Michigan State University while working as a police officer, and was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He joined the Secret Service in 1962, and was assigned to then-Vice President Lyndon Johnson's security detail. He guarded Johnson's daughter Lynda Bird from 1963–65, and later spent 11 years on Air Force One.

He said repeatedly in 1995 when he was hired as House Sergeant at Arms that he considers himself apolitical and nonpartisan.[3] Livingood is the 36th person to hold the post since the U.S. House of Representatives first met in New York City in 1789.

References

  1. ^ Eilperin, Juliet (1998-07-28). "Shooting at the Capitol". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/shooting/stories/congress072898.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 
  2. ^ Blitzer, Wolf (2006-01-31). "Awaiting the State of the Union; Bush's Challenges". The Situation Room (CNN). http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/31/sitroom.03.html. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 
  3. ^ Kennedy, Helen (1998-09-10). "Evidence Keeper'S Life Spent In Service". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/1998/09/10/1998-09-10_evidence_keeper_s_life_spent.html. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 

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