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McCLOSKEY, Paul Norton , Jr. (Pete), a Representative from California; born in Loma Linda, San Bernardino County,
Calif., September 29, 1927; graduated from South Pasadena High School, South Pasadena, Calif.,
1945; attended Occidental College and California Institute of Technology under Navy V-5 Pilot
Program; B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 1950; Stanford University Law School,
Stanford, Calif., 1953; United States Navy, 1945-1947; United States Marine Corps, 1950-1952;
United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1952-1960; Ready Reserve, 1960-1967; deputy district
attorney, Alameda County, Calif., 1953-1954; lawyer, private practice; lecturer on legal ethics, Santa
Clara and Stanford Law Schools, 1964-1967 and 1988-1994; elected as a Republican to the
Ninetieth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States
Representative J. Arthur Younger; reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses (December 12,
1967-January 3, 1983); not a candidate for reelection in 1982, but was an unsuccessful Republican
candidate for nomination to the United States Senate; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican
presidential nomination in 1972; is a resident of Woodside, Calif.
Bibliography Cannon, Lou. The McCloskey Challenge. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1972; Paul N. McCloskey, Jr. Truth and
Untruth; Political Deceit in America. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1972.
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