Esteban Edward Torres
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 34th district |
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| In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Dan Lungren |
| Succeeded by | Grace Napolitano |
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| Born | January 27, 1930 Miami, Arizona |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Arcy Sanchez Torres |
| Residence | West Covina, California |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Esteban Edward Torres (born January 27, 1930) is a politician from the state of California.
Personal
Torres was born in Miami, Arizona, to Rena Gómez. His father was a miner who was deported to Mexico in the 1930s despite being an U.S. citizen.[1]
Career
Torres served in the United States Army from 1949 to 1953. Active in the labor movement, he was appointed United States Ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, France, from 1977 to 1979 and served as a special assistant to President Jimmy Carter from 1979 to 1981.[2]
Torres was unsuccessful in his attempt to win a seat in the House of Representatives in 1974, but was elected in 1982 as a Democrat. He served from 1983 until 1999. He did not run for reelection in 1998 and was succeeded by Democrat Grace Napolitano.
He served as a member of the California Transportation Commission[3] from 1997 to 2007 and resides in West Covina, California, with his wife Arcy Sanchez Torres.
1995 Lawsuit
Torres was successfully sued in 1995 after Torres' staffer Roderic Young threw a microphone at and, subsequently, falsely charged journalist Jan Helfeld with stealing a document from the Congressman's office, which Torres also alleged. Young stole one of two videotapes of a news interview with Helfeld and then "tried—but failed—to take back a release form that Torres had signed consenting to the interview."[4] After Helfeld had left the congressman's office, Young called US Capitol Police and reported that Helfeld had stolen a document: the release form. Torres repeated the stolen document charge to the police, and Helfeld was detained and handcuffed. Helfeld sued Torres[5] and won a settlement of $45,000 with a written apology in 1996.[4] [6]
See also
References
- ↑ http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=e2c898c82671fc971ec46d6fef3845bf Chopped Lives
- ↑ Hispanic Americans in Congress - Torres
- ↑ California Transportation Commission (CTC): Commissioners
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "TV Host's Suit Charges Torres With False Arrest" Los Angeles Times, 24 October 1996
- ↑ Settlement, Jan E. Helfeld v. United States of America, 96-2163-GK, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, 1996
External links
| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 34th congressional district 1983–1999 |
Succeeded by Grace F. Napolitano |
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- Living people
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from California
- People from Miami, Arizona
- 1930 births
- Hispanic and Latino American members of the United States Congress
- California Democrats
- Permanent Delegates of the United States to UNESCO
- University of Maryland, College Park alumni
- California State University, Los Angeles alumni
- American University alumni
- United States Army soldiers
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- Hispanic and Latino American diplomats
