Richard T. Hanna

Richard Thomas Hanna (June 9, 1914 – June 9, 2001) was a U.S. Representative from California.

Richard T. Hanna
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 34th district
In office
January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974
Preceded byDistrict created
Succeeded byMark W. Hannaford
Member of the California State Assembly
In office
1956-1962
Personal details
Born
Richard Thomas Hanna

(1914-06-09)June 9, 1914
Kemmerer, Wyoming
DiedJune 9, 2001(2001-06-09) (aged 87)
Tryon, North Carolina
Political partyDemocratic Party
Alma materUniversity of California
Professionlawyer

Hanna was born in Kemmerer, Wyoming and graduated from Pasadena Junior College, Pasadena, California. He received his BA and LLB from the University of California, Los Angeles and then became a lawyer in private practice, after serving in the United States Naval Air Corps from 1942 to 1945.

He served as member of the California state assembly from 1956 to 1962 and was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth United States Congress in 1963 and to the five succeeding congresses (January 3, 1963 - December 31, 1974) to represent California's 34th congressional district, which then covered parts of Los Angeles and Orange counties. He resigned his seat on December 31, 1974.

Koreagate

In the 1970s, he received payments of about $200,000 from Korean businessman Tongsun Park in what became known as the Koreagate influence buying scandal. After the payments were revealed, he pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit bribery and was sentenced to 6–30 months in federal prison, of which he served one year.

After his death on his 87th birthday, June 9, 2001, in Tryon, North Carolina, he was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of North Carolina.[1]

See also

References
  1. Haldane, David (13 June 2001). "Richard Hanna; Congressman Sent to Prison in Bribery Scandal". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 May 2013.

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U.S. House of Representatives
New district Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 34th congressional district
January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974		 Succeeded by
Mark W. Hannaford
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