Bob Lagomarsino
| Robert J. Lagomarsino | |
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| Secretary of the House Republican Conference | |
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In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1989 |
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| Leader | Bob Michel |
| Preceded by | Clair Burgener |
| Succeeded by | Vin Weber |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 19th district |
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In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Chet Holifield |
| Succeeded by | Richard H. Lehman |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 13th district |
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In office March 5, 1974 – January 3, 1975 |
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| Preceded by | Charles M. Teague |
| Succeeded by | Norman Mineta |
| Member of the California Senate | |
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In office 1961–1974 |
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September 4, 1926 Ventura, California |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Clara University School of Law |
Robert John "Bob" Lagomarsino (born September 4, 1926) is a former Republican congressman from California. Lagomarsino began his service in the United States House of Representatives in 1974 and was re-elected every two years until 1992, when he was defeated for renomination by Michael Huffington. Prior to serving in the House, Lagomarsino served in the California State Senate from 1961 until 1974, and prior to that, he served as the mayor of Ojai, California.
A native of Ventura County, Lagomarsino served in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. He is an alumnus of the University of California, Santa Barbara (1950) and of the Santa Clara University School of Law (1953).
In the California Senate, Lagomarsino's most significant legislative achievements included the Garrigus-Lagomarsino Act (1963), which authorized vocational education centers in each county of the State; the California Child Anti-Pornography Act (1969); the Marine Resources Protection Act (1970); the California Wild and Scenic Rivers legislation; the Jury Reform Act (1972); the Consumer Protection Act (1972), which authorized cities to create anti-fraud units; and the Welfare Reform Act (1973). By the time he was elected to the United States Congress, the senior ranking senator from Southern California and a member of the five person Senate Rules Committee, after having served as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife.
In 1974, Congressman Charles Teague, of what was then California's 13th congressional district, where Lagomarsino resided, died suddenly. Lagomarsino was elected to replace Teague as the 13th district congressman in a special election in 1974.
During his service as a United States Congressman, Lagomarsino was an active member of two major House Committees: the Foreign Affairs Committee, as the third-ranking Republican and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, as the second-ranking Republican. He was a Congressional Observer to the Geneva Arms Controls Talks and Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs, which oversaw U.S. relations with Canada, Central America, and South America. He was also Chairman of the National Republican Institute for International Affairs, Co-Chairman of the Congressional Task Force on Afghanistan, and a member of the Asian and Pacific Affairs Committee. In addition, Lagomarsino served as Chairman of the POW/MIA Task Force and was House author of a measure creating the Prisoner of War Medal.
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