Jeffery Cohelan (June 24, 1914 - February 15, 1999) was a United States Representative from California. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. He was born in San Francisco, California. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city He attended the public schools and San Mateo Junior College. College of San Mateo (commonly referred to as CSM is a community college and part of the San Mateo County Community College District He received the A. B. from University of California School of Economics. The University of California ( UC) is a Public university system in the state of California. He was a Fulbright research scholar at Leeds and Oxford Universities in England in 1953 and 1954. The Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of grants for international educational exchange for scholars educators graduate England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland He was the secretary-treasurer of the Milk Drivers and Dairy Employees, Local 302, Alameda and Contra Costa Counties from 1942 until elected to Congress. He was a consultant to the University of California Institute of Industrial Relations.
Cohelan was a member of Berkeley Welfare Commission 1949-1953, and the Berkeley City Council 1955-1958. He also served as a member of San Francisco Council on Foreign Relations. He was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the five succeeding Congresses, from 1959 to 1971. The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. He was known as a Johnson liberal for his support of progressive programs, but also American involvement in the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia In 1966, he faced a tough primary challenge from Ramparts magazine editor Robert Scheer, who was supported by local activists from the civil-rights and emerging anti-war movement. Robert Scheer (born 1936) is an American journalist who writes a nationally syndicated op-ed column for the San Francisco Chronicle Support for the war helped lead to Cohelan's defeat in the 1970 primary by Berkeley City Councilman Ron Dellums. Ronald Vernie "Ron" Dellums (born November 24 1935 is the current Mayor of Oakland, California He later served as the executive director of the Group Health Association of America. He lived as a resident of Washington, D.C., until his death there on February 15, 1999. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
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