Burt L. Talcott

Burt L. Talcott
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 16th district
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1977
Preceded by	Bernice F. Sisk
Succeeded by	Leon Panetta
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 12th district
In office January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1977
Preceded by	Bernice F. Sisk
Succeeded by	Pete McCloskey
Personal details
Born	(1920-02-22) February 22, 1920 Billings, Montana
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Stanford University

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-17 Flying Fortress 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.^[1]

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.^[2] Since then Talcott has worked on a variety of private and public legislative work.

Personal life

He currently resides in Tacoma, Washington with his son, Ron, and was elected to serve on the Charter Review Commission Dist. 7 Pos. 3 of Pierce County.^[1]

See also

• Glenn E. Coolidge

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Burt Talcott:Candidate Details". Retrieved 10 September 2009. 
2. ↑ McCloskey, Pete (19 December 2002). "Crises in Both Parties". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 10 September 2009. 

External links

• Burt L. Talcott at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress