California congressman who had been an early advocate of impeaching Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal.
Democrat U.S. representative from California, 7 June 1966 - 3 January 1975. Won a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Representative John F. Baldwin.
Member of California state assembly, 1959-1966.
After serving in the army in WWII, he studied political science at UC-Berkeley, and earned a law degree in 1953.
He was a strong advocate for the rights of the disabled and farmworkers.