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Vic Fazio

Victor H. Fazio
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Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999
Leader Dick Gephardt
Preceded by Steny Hoyer
Succeeded by Martin Frost
Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
In office
January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1995
Speaker Tom Foley
Preceded by Beryl Anthony, Jr.
Succeeded by Martin Frost
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus
In office
June 21, 1989 – January 3, 1995
Speaker Tom Foley
Preceded by Steny Hoyer
Succeeded by Barbara B. Kennelly
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 3rd district
In office
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999
Preceded by Bob Matsui
Succeeded by Doug Ose
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 4th district
In office
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993
Preceded by Robert Leggett
Succeeded by John Doolittle
Member of the California State Assembly
In office
1975-1978
Personal details
Born Victor Herbert Fazio, Jr.
(1942-10-11) October 11, 1942 (age 74)
Winchester, Massachusetts
Political party Democratic

Victor Herbert Fazio, Jr. usually known as Vic Fazio (born October 11, 1942) is a former Democratic congressman from California.

Fazio was born to a family of New England Yankee and Italian-American heritage in Winchester, Massachusetts. After graduating from Madison High School in Madison, NJ in 1960, Fazio attended Williston Academy in Easthampton, Massachusetts in 1961. He earned a B.A. from Union College in Schenectady, New York in 1965, and did graduate work at California State University in Sacramento, California from 1969 to 1972. From 1965-1966 he was a Coro Foundation Fellow in Los Angeles.

Fazio was a congressional and legislative consultant from 1966 to 1975, during which time he co-founded California Journal magazine in 1970. He served on the Sacramento County Charter Commission from 1972 to 1974, on the Sacramento County Planning Commission in 1975, and as a member of the California State Assembly from 1975 to 1978.

Fazio was a delegate to California state Democratic conventions in 1976 and 1978, and was a delegate to Democratic National Conventions of 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996.

Fazio was elected as a Democrat to the 96th and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1999). He represented California's 4th congressional district from 1979 to 1993 and after redistricting changed district numbers he represented California's 3rd congressional district from 1993 to 1999.


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