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