Robert García

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Robert García

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st district
In office February 21, 1978 – January 3, 1983
Preceded by	Herman Badillo
Succeeded by	Hamilton Fish IV
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 18th district
In office January 3, 1983 – January 7, 1990
Preceded by	S. William Green
Succeeded by	Jose Serrano
Personal details
Born	(1933-01-09) January 9, 1933 Bronx, New York, USA
Political party	Democratic
Religion	Pentecostal

Robert García (born January 9, 1933) is a former Democratic United States Representative who represented New York's 21st district between 1978 and 1990.

Biography

García was born in Bronx, New York. He attended the public schools and graduated from Haaren High School in Manhattan in 1950. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War with the Third Infantry Division, from 1950 to 1953.

García then continued his education from 1953 until 1957 by enrolling in the City College of New York, although he also attended the Community College of New York as well as the RCA Institute. After graduation, he worked as a computer engineer with IBM Control Data, from 1957 to 1965.

García served in the New York assembly, from 1966 to 1967, and the New York senate, from 1967 to 1978. In the senate he was the deputy minority leader from 1975 to 1978. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1976.

García was elected to the United States House of Representatives in a special election on February 14, 1978, to replace Herman Badillo who resigned. He took his seat on February 21, 1978, and represented New York's 21st and 18th District for almost 12 years until January 7, 1990, when he was forced to resign as a result of his involvement in the Wedtech scandal.^[1]^[2] After his resignation, the Department of Justice through its district attorney's office chose to end the prosecution against him and filed its nolle prosequi after suffering two reversals handed down by unanimous appellate courts, the last of which cited to United States Supreme Court precedence.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ Haslip-Viera, Gabriel; Felix V. Matos Rodriguez, Angelo Falcon (2005). Boricuas In Gotham: Puerto Ricans In The Making Of New York City. Markus Wiener. p. 68. ISBN 1-55876-356-2. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
↑ Rudin, Ken (2007-06-06). "The Equal-Opportunity Culture of Corruption". NPR.org. Retrieved 2007-07-29.

External links

Robert García at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-2-05

New York Assembly
Preceded by Newly created district	New York State Assembly, 83rd District 1966	Succeeded by Burton Hecht
Preceded by Percy Sutton	New York State Assembly, 77th District 1967	Succeeded by William Martinez
New York State Senate
Preceded by Manfred Ohrenstein	New York State Senate, 29th District 1967 - 1972	Succeeded by Joseph Zaretzki
Preceded by Harrison J. Goldin	New York State Senate, 30th District 1973 - 1978	Succeeded by Olga A. Mendez
United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Herman Badillo	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 21st congressional district 1978–1983	Succeeded by Hamilton Fish IV
Preceded by S. William Green	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 18th congressional district 1983–1990	Succeeded by Jose Serrano

v t e Chairs of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus

Roybal García Richardson Martínez Torres Bustamante Fuster de la Garza Ortiz Serrano Pastor Becerra Roybal-Allard Reyes Rodriguez Napolitano Baca Velázquez Gonzalez Hinojosa

Persondata
Name	García, Robert
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	Bronx, New York
Place of birth	January 9, 1933
Date of death
Place of death

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