Bill Clinger | |||
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Chair of the House Oversight Committee | |||
In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |||
Preceded by | John Conyers | ||
Succeeded by | Dan Burton | ||
Member of the United States House of Representatives | In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 | ||
Preceded by | Richard Schultze | ||
Succeeded by | John Peterson | ||
Member of the United States House of Representatives | In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 | ||
Preceded by | Joseph Ammerman | ||
Succeeded by | Constituency abolished | ||
Personal details | |||
Born | William Floyd Clinger Jr. April 4, 1929 Warren, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||
Political party | Republican | ||
Spouse(s) | Julia Whitla
(August 3rd, 1952) |
William Floyd Clinger Jr. (born April 4, 1929) is a former Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Early life[]
Clinger was born in Warren, Pennsylvania. He attended the public schools there and graduated from The Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania[1] in 1947. He received a B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland in 1951, and an LL.B. from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1965. Clinger served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1951 to 1955. He was a delegate to the Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1967 to 1968, and the Republican National Convention in 1972.[2] Clinger was associated with the New Process Company of Warren, Pennsylvania from 1955 to 1962, was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1965, and was a lawyer in private practice.[3]
U.S. House of Representatives[]
Defeating incumbent Representative Joseph S. Ammerman, Clinger was elected as a Republican to the 96th and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997). While in the House of Representatives, he was chairman of the United States House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight[4] in the 104th Congress, which was quite active in investigating the Travelgate and Filegate matters.[5][6] In addition, he served as vice chairman of the United States House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and ranking member on the Subcommittee on Aviation.[1] Along with then-Senator William Cohen, Clinger co-authored the Information Technology Management Reform Act, also known as the Clinger-Cohen Act.[7] He was not a candidate for re-election to the 105th Congress in 1996.
Subsequent career[]
After his retirement from Congress, Clinger served as the chairman for the Chautauqua Institution's board of trustees.[1][2] He is currently a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University's Center for Advanced Governmental Studies [4][7] and co-chairman of the board of directors for the Institute for Representative Government.[8] He is also a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.[9]
2016 presidential election[]
In October 2016, Clinger was one of thirty Republican ex-lawmakers to sign a public letter condemning GOP presidential nominee (and future president) Donald Trump[6] as "manifestly unqualified to be president."[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Congressional Record, V. 151, PT. 17, October 7 to 26, 2005. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. 2010. p. 23013. ISBN 9780160848254. https://books.google.com/books?id=74brGsoymBoC&dq=senior+fellow+at+the+Johns+Hopkins+University+Center+for+the+Study+of+American+Government&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Trefts, Deborah (2 August 2016). "William Clinger, Jr. Discusses Political Polarity for Chautauqua Women's Club". The Chautauquan Daily. http://chqdaily.com/2016/08/william-clinger-jr-discusses-political-polarity-for-chautauqua-womens-club/. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- ↑ "CLINGER, William Floyd, Jr., (1929 - )". http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000523.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "William Clinger, Adjunct Faculty". http://advanced.jhu.edu/about-us/faculty/william-clinger/. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "30 Former GOP Lawmakers Sign Anti-Trump Letter". CNN. 6 October 2016. http://us.cnn.com/2016/10/06/politics/republican-lawmakers-never-trump-letter/index.html. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Fitzgerald, Thomas (6 October 2016). "Former Pa. Rep. Who Investigated Clinton Scandals Opposes Trump". The Philadelphia Inquirer. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/big_tent/Former-Pa-Rep-who-investigated-Clinton-scandals-opposes-Trump.html. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Wong, Wylie (10 February 2016). "How the Clinger-Cohen Act Continues to Ripple Through Federal IT Today". FedTech. http://www.fedtechmagazine.com/article/2016/02/how-clinger-cohen-act-continues-ripple-through-federal-it-today. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ↑ "William Floyd Clinger, Jr.". https://www.irgov.org/william-floyd-clinger-jr. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
- ↑ "Reformers Caucus". https://www.issueone.org/reformers/.
External links[]
- William F. Clinger, Jr. at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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96th | Senate: R. Schweiker • H. Heinz III | House: D. Flood (until Jan. 1980) • B. Moorhead • J. McDade • J. Gaydos • L. Coughlin • G. Yatron • Bu. Shuster • J. Murtha • B. Edgar • B. Goodling • R. Schulze • M. Myers • A. Ertel • P. Kostmayer • R. Lederer • M. Marks • A. Murphy • D. Walgren • B. Walker • E. Atkinson • D. Bailey • B. Clinger Jr. • C. Dougherty • B. Gray III • D. Ritter • R. Musto (from Apr. 1980) |
97th | Senate: H. Heinz III • A. Specter | House: J. McDade • J. Gaydos • L. Coughlin • G. Yatron • Bu. Shuster • J. Murtha • B. Edgar • B. Goodling • R. Schulze • A. Ertel • R. Lederer (until Apr. 1981) • M. Marks • A. Murphy • D. Walgren • B. Walker • E. Atkinson • D. Bailey • B. Clinger Jr. • C. Dougherty • B. Gray III • D. Ritter • J. Coyne III • B. Coyne • T. Foglietta • J. Nelligan • J. Smith (from Jul. 1981) |
98th | Senate: H. Heinz III • A. Specter | House: J. McDade • J. Gaydos • L. Coughlin • G. Yatron • Bu. Shuster • J. Murtha • B. Edgar • B. Goodling • R. Schulze • A. Murphy • D. Walgren • B. Walker • B. Clinger Jr. • B. Gray III • D. Ritter • P. Kostmayer • B. Coyne • T. Foglietta • B. Borski Jr. • G. Gekas • F. Harrison • J. Kolter • T. Ridge |
99th | Senate: H. Heinz III • A. Specter | House: J. McDade • J. Gaydos • L. Coughlin • G. Yatron • Bu. Shuster • J. Murtha • B. Edgar • B. Goodling • R. Schulze • A. Murphy • D. Walgren • B. Walker • B. Clinger Jr. • B. Gray III • D. Ritter • P. Kostmayer • B. Coyne • T. Foglietta • B. Borski Jr. • G. Gekas • J. Kolter • T. Ridge • P. Kanjorski |
100th | Senate: H. Heinz III • A. Specter | House: J. McDade • J. Gaydos • L. Coughlin • G. Yatron • Bu. Shuster • J. Murtha • B. Goodling • R. Schulze • A. Murphy • D. Walgren • B. Walker • B. Clinger Jr. • B. Gray III • D. Ritter • P. Kostmayer • B. Coyne • T. Foglietta • B. Borski Jr. • G. Gekas • J. Kolter • T. Ridge • P. Kanjorski • C. Weldon |
101st | Senate: H. Heinz III • A. Specter | House: J. McDade • J. Gaydos • L. Coughlin • G. Yatron • Bu. Shuster • J. Murtha • B. Goodling • R. Schulze • A. Murphy • D. Walgren • B. Walker • B. Clinger Jr. • B. Gray III • D. Ritter • P. Kostmayer • B. Coyne • T. Foglietta • B. Borski Jr. • G. Gekas • J. Kolter • T. Ridge • P. Kanjorski • C. Weldon |
102nd | Senate: H. Heinz III (until Apr. 1991) • A. Specter • H. Wofford (from May 1991) | House: J. McDade • J. Gaydos • L. Coughlin • G. Yatron • Bu. Shuster • J. Murtha • B. Goodling • R. Schulze • A. Murphy • B. Walker • B. Clinger Jr. • B. Gray III (until Sep. 1991) • D. Ritter • P. Kostmayer • B. Coyne • T. Foglietta • B. Borski Jr. • G. Gekas • J. Kolter • T. Ridge • P. Kanjorski • C. Weldon • R. Santorum • L. Blackwell (from Nov. 1991) |
103rd | Senate: A. Specter • H. Wofford | House: J. McDade • Bu. Shuster • J. Murtha • B. Goodling • A. Murphy • B. Walker • B. Clinger Jr. • B. Coyne • T. Foglietta • B. Borski Jr. • G. Gekas • T. Ridge • P. Kanjorski • C. Weldon • R. Santorum • L. Blackwell • J. Greenwood • T. Holden • R. Klink • M. Margolies • P. McHale |
104th | Senate: A. Specter • R. Santorum | House: J. McDade • Bu. Shuster • J. Murtha • B. Goodling • B. Walker • B. Clinger Jr. • B. Coyne • T. Foglietta • B. Borski Jr. • G. Gekas • P. Kanjorski • C. Weldon • J. Greenwood • T. Holden • R. Klink • P. McHale • M. Doyle • P. English • C. Fattah • J. Fox • F. Mascara |
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