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MEZVINSKY, Edward Maurice, (husband of Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky),
a Representative from Iowa; born in Ames, Story County, Iowa, January 17, 1937;
attended the public schools; B.A., University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1960; M.A., political science,
University of California, Berkeley, 1963; J.D., the same university, 1965; admitted to the Iowa bar in
1965 and commenced practice in Iowa City; legislative assistant to United States Representative Neal
Smith (Iowa), 1965-1967; member, Iowa State house of representatives, 1969-1970; elected as a
Democrat to the Ninety-third and to the Ninety-fourth Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1977);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress; appointed United States
representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1977-1979; elected Democratic
Party State Chairman of Pennsylvania, 1981-1986; unsuccessful candidate in 1990 for nomination for
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania; is a resident of Penn Valley, Pa.
Bibliography Mezvinsky, Edward, with Kevin McCormally and John
Greenya. A Term to Remember. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan,
Inc., 1977.
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