Jerry Pettis
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 37th district |
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In office January 3, 1975 – February 14, 1975 |
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| Preceded by | Yvonne B. Burke |
| Succeeded by | Shirley Neil Pettis |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 33rd district |
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In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1975 |
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| Preceded by | Kenneth W. Dyal |
| Succeeded by | Del M. Clawson |
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Jerry Lyle Pettis July 18, 1916 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Died | February 14, 1975 (aged 58) Banning, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Montecito Memorial Park |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Shirley Neil Pettis |
| Alma mater | Pacific Union College |
| Profession | rancher, teacher, aviator, religious leader, businessman |
| Religion | Seventh-day Adventist |
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 U.S. Army Air Forces
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| Battles/wars | World War II |
Jerry Lyle Pettis (July 18, 1916 – February 14, 1975) was an American politician and a Congressman from California. He was also a rancher, teacher, aviator, religious leader, and businessman.
In 1966, he was elected as a Republican to the U.S. House of Representatives, and he was re-elected in 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1974. He represented California's 33rd Congressional District until January 1975 and its 37th Congressional District thereafter.
Educated in Arizona and California, he graduated from Pacific Union College in Angwin, California in 1938. He did graduate work at the University of Southern California and the University of Denver in 1939-1941 before becoming a businessman. He served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and was a pilot for United Airlines.
He was a Seventh-day Adventist.
Pettis was killed on February 14, 1975, when the Beechcraft Model V35B Bonanza he was piloting crashed near Cherry Valley, California, after he encountered adverse weather conditions. He is buried at Montecito Memorial Park in Colton, California. He is survived by his wife and two children, Peter Dwight Pettis of Fort Worth, Texas, and Deborah Moyer of Carlsbad, California.
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