Donald G. Brotzman
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Donald Glenn Brotzman (June 28, 1922 – September 15, 2004) was a U.S. Representative
from Colorado
.
in Logan County
to Priscella Ruth Kittle Smith (1895-1986) and Harry Brotzman (1895-1959). He was educated in Logan County schools. He married Louise L. Reed on April 9, 1944. He served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant with the Eighty-first Infantry Division in the South Pacific from 1945 to 1946.
Brotzman graduated from the Business School of the University of Colorado at Boulder
in 1949; it has since been renamed the Leeds School of Business
. He graduated from the University of Colorado Law School in 1949. He was admitted to the bar
in 1950 and began practice in Boulder, Colorado
.
Brotzman served as member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1952 to 1954. He served as member of the Colorado Senate from 1954 to 1956, serving as Republican caucus leader in 1956. He was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1954 and 1956. He was appointed United States Attorney
for Colorado by President Eisenhower
and served from 1959-1961.
Brotzman was elected as a Republican
to the Eighty-eighth
Congress (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1965). He was an unsuccessful nominee in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth
Congress. He was elected to the Ninetieth
and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1975). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth
Congress in 1974.
Brotzman served as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
from 1975 to 1977. He also served as president of Rubber Manufacturers Association and National Rubber Shippers Association, and as chairman of the Industry Safety Council in Washington, D.C.
Brotzman's wife Louise died in 1995; Brotzman died on September 15, 2004, in Alexandria, Virginia
. They are buried together in Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder, Colorado.
United States House of Representatives
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from Colorado
Colorado
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.
History
Brotzman was born on a farm in near Sterling, ColoradoSterling, Colorado
The City of Sterling is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Logan County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 14,777 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Sterling is located at...
in Logan County
Logan County, Colorado
Logan County is the 23rd most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county was named for General John A. Logan. The county population was 20,504 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Sterling...
to Priscella Ruth Kittle Smith (1895-1986) and Harry Brotzman (1895-1959). He was educated in Logan County schools. He married Louise L. Reed on April 9, 1944. He served in the United States Army as a first lieutenant with the Eighty-first Infantry Division in the South Pacific from 1945 to 1946.
Brotzman graduated from the Business School of the University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado...
in 1949; it has since been renamed the Leeds School of Business
Leeds School of Business
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. He graduated from the University of Colorado Law School in 1949. He was admitted to the bar
Admission to the bar in the United States
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in 1950 and began practice in Boulder, Colorado
Boulder, Colorado
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.
Brotzman served as member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 1952 to 1954. He served as member of the Colorado Senate from 1954 to 1956, serving as Republican caucus leader in 1956. He was the Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1954 and 1956. He was appointed United States Attorney
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for Colorado by President Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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and served from 1959-1961.
Brotzman was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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to the Eighty-eighth
88th United States Congress
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Congress (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1965). He was an unsuccessful nominee in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth
89th United States Congress
-House of Representatives:- Senate :* President of the Senate: Hubert Humphrey , starting January 20, 1965* President pro tempore: Carl Hayden - Majority leadership :* Majority Leader and Democratic Conference Chairman: Mike Mansfield...
Congress. He was elected to the Ninetieth
90th United States Congress
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and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1975). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fourth
94th United States Congress
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Congress in 1974.
Brotzman served as Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
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from 1975 to 1977. He also served as president of Rubber Manufacturers Association and National Rubber Shippers Association, and as chairman of the Industry Safety Council in Washington, D.C.
Brotzman's wife Louise died in 1995; Brotzman died on September 15, 2004, in Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria, Virginia
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. They are buried together in Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder, Colorado.