Jerome R. Waldie
| Jerome R. Waldie | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 14th district |
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In office June 7, 1966 – January 3, 1975 |
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| Preceded by | John F. Baldwin, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John J. McFall |
| Member of the California State Assembly | |
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In office 1959–1966 |
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Jerome Russell Waldie February 15, 1925 Antioch, California |
| Died | April 3, 2009 (aged 84) Placerville, California |
| Political party | Democratic |
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University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law |
 Advocates; Should The President Be Impeached?, Waldie arguing for the impeachment of President Nixon01/03/1974, 88:47, WGBH |
Jerome Russell "Jerry" Waldie (February 15, 1925 – April 3, 2009) was a United States Representative from California.
Born in Antioch, California, Waldie attended Antioch public schools. After three years in the Army during World War II, he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1950 with a degree in political science, and earned a law degree from the university's Boalt Hall School of Law in 1953. He served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946.
Waldie served as a Democratic member of the California State Assembly from 1959 to 1966, becoming Majority Leader in 1961. One of his last accomplishments in Sacramento was to carry the constitutional amendment, pushed by Speaker of the Assembly Jesse Unruh, to create a full-time legislature.
Waldie was then elected to the 89th Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative John F. Baldwin. He was re-elected four times, serving from June 7, 1966 to January 3, 1975.
As representative, he was an early critic of U.S. involvement in Vietnam and also advocated health care reforms.
During the Watergate scandal, Waldie was a vocal critic of President Richard Nixon. Three days after Nixon fired Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox (in what became known as the "Saturday Night Massacre"), Waldie introduced a resolution calling for the impeachment of the President, one of the first members of the House Judiciary Committee to do so. He later voted to impeach Nixon in July 1974 during the impeachment process against Richard Nixon.
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