PAUL N. "PETE" McCLOSKEY JR. - TYPED NOTE SIGNED 11/20/1973 - HFSID 214788

PETE MCCLOSKEY
Typed Letter signed as a Member of Congress in 1973
Typed Letter signed: "Pete McCloskey" as US Representative, 1 page, 6x9. Washington, D.C., 1973 November 20. On Congressional letterhead to J. L. Pruett, Principal, Special Education Department, Clute, Texas. In full: "Thank you for your letter of November 17th. I am enclosing the autograph which you requested. Best regards." Paul Norton "Pete" McCloskey, Jr. (b. 1927) was a highly decorated Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War. After having volunteered to return to active duty to serve in Vietnam, McCloskey turned against the war, and defeated former child film star Shirley Temple Black in a Republican primary on his way to representing California in the US Congress (1967-1983). The maverick McCloskey challenged President Nixon for the Republican nomination in 1972. The following year, he co-authored the Endangered Species Act, and was the first member of Congress to call for Nixon's impeachment. After losing a heated primary battle for a Senate nomination, McCloskey retired from electoral politics, but returned to the fray in 2006 in an unsuccessful bid to unseat conservative Republican Congressman Richard Pombo. (McCloskey then endorsed Democrat Jerry McNerney, who did defeat Pombo.) McCloskey, the author of several books, switched his party affiliation to Democrat in 2007. Normal mailing folds. Lightly creased at edges. Ink note (unknown hand) on verso with slight show-through at lower left. Otherwise, fine condition.