Richard T. Hanna

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Richard T. Hanna

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 34th district
In office January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	Mark W. Hannaford
Personal details
Born	Richard Thomas Hanna (1914-06-09)June 9, 1914 Kemmerer, Wyoming
Died	June 9, 2001(2001-06-09) (aged 87) Tryon, North Carolina
Political party	Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of California
Profession	lawyer

Richard Thomas Hanna (June 9, 1914 – June 9, 2001) was a U.S. Representative from California.

Hanna was born in Kemmerer, Wyoming and graduated from Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, California. He received his BA and LLB from the University of California, Los Angeles and then became a lawyer in private practice, after serving in the United States Naval Air Corps from 1942 to 1945.

He served as member of the California state assembly from 1956 to 1962 and was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth United States Congress in 1963 and to the five succeeding congresses (January 3, 1963 - December 31, 1974) to represent California's 34th congressional district, which then covered parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties. He resigned his seat on December 31, 1974.

Koreagate

In the 1970s, he received payments of about $200,000 from Korean businessman Tongsun Park in what became known as the Koreagate influence buying scandal. After the payments were revealed, he pled guilty to conspiring to commit bribery and was sentenced to 6–30 months in federal prison, of which he served one year.

After his death on June 9, 2001, in Tryon, North Carolina, he was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of North Carolina.^[1]

References

↑ Haldane, David (13 June 2001). "Richard Hanna; Congressman Sent to Prison in Bribery Scandal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 May 2013.

Richard T. Hanna at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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United States House of Representatives
New district	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 34th congressional district January 3, 1967 – December 31, 1974	Succeeded by Mark W. Hannaford

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Persondata
Name	Hanna, Richard T.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	June 9, 1914
Place of birth	Kemmerer, Wyoming
Date of death	June 9, 2001
Place of death	Tryon, North Carolina

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