James C. Corman

James C. Corman
Official portrait, 1963
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from California
In office
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1981
Preceded byJoseph F. Holt
Succeeded byBobbi Fiedler
Constituency22nd district (1961–1975)
21st district (1975–1981)
Member of the Los Angeles City Council
from the 7th district
In office
July 1, 1957 – January 3, 1961
Preceded byDon A. Allen
Succeeded byErnani Bernardi
Personal details
Born
James Charles Corman

October 20, 1920
Galena, Kansas, U.S.
DiedDecember 30, 2000(2000-12-30) (aged 80)
Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseVirginia Little
Children2
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA)
University of Southern California (JD)
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Marine Corps
RankSecond lieutenant
Battles/warsWorld War II

James Charles Corman (October 20, 1920 – December 30, 2000) was an American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1957 to 1961 and as a member of the United States House of Representatives between 1961 and 1981.

Early life and education

Corman was born on October 20, 1920, in Galena, Kansas, the son of Ransford D. Corman and Edna V. Corman, both of Kansas. His father was a silica miner who died of lung disease brought on by his work. Young James was brought to California by his mother in 1933; he attended Belmont High School in Los Angeles and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California, Los Angeles and a Juris Doctor degree from the USC Gould School of Law.

Military

Corman was a cadet officer at UCLA with the Reserve Officer Training Corps,[1] and he was made a second lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps in June 1943.[2]

In 1944, he told of the death of a Japanese soldier he witnessed in the Mariana Islands while his Marine unit was guarding a food supply. The Marines held their fire until the Japanese "began pawing over the [food] in the darkness, and then opened fire." One Japanese "fell wounded over a crate of salmon cans. His companions fled."[3] Corman continued:

Suddenly we heard the tap of a grenade. We ducked into our foxholes just before the explosion and were unhurt. In the morning we found the Jap had decapitated himself. In his wallet was a magazine clipping of a picture of Japanese-American soldiers fighting with United States forces in Italy.[3]

Career

City Council

In 1957 Corman, supported by labor and Democratic votes, was elected to a four-year term represent Los Angeles City Council District 7, over Kay Bogendorfer, a Republican.[4] In that year, this newly established San Fernando Valley district was bounded on the south by Riverside Drive on the east by Coldwater Canyon and Woodman avenues and on the west generally by Balboa Boulevard. It had been moved from Downtown Los Angeles after Councilman Don A. Allen was elected to the State Assembly.[5] Corman did not finish his term, being elected to Congress in 1960.

Congress

Representative Corman and other members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics visit the Marshall Space Flight Center on March 9, 1962 to gather first-hand information of the nation's space exploration program.

"In with President Kennedy and out with President Carter," he would say after he left the United States Congress. He served in the House of Representatives from 1961 to 1981.[6] Corman served as the chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee from 1976 to 1981. Until Sean Patrick Maloney’s defeat in 2022, Corman was the most recent chairman of the DCCC to lose re-election.[7]

Corman voted in favor of the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,[8] the Civil Rights Act of 1964,[9] the Voting Rights Act of 1965,[10] the Medicare program,[11] the Civil Rights Act of 1968,[12] and alongside fellow Democrat Martha Griffiths and Republicans Charles Adams Mosher and Ogden Reid, was one of the main co-sponsors of the House version of Ted Kennedy's Health Security Act universal healthcare bill in 1971.[13]

In 1980, Corman was narrowly defeated for re-election by Los Angeles School Board member Bobbi Fiedler.[14]

Later career

After his Congressional service, he opened a lobbying firm, Corman Law Offices, in Washington, D.C., with a partner, William Kirk. Their clients included MCA Inc., American Newspaper Publishers Association and National Structured Settlements Trade Association.[15] The firm merged with Silverstein & Mullens in January 1990. Corman represented Texas Air Corporation president Frank Lorenzo in his contested takeover of Continental Airlines. He stopped representing the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare because of its "high-pressure fund-raising methods and alarmist pronouncements."[16]

In 1985 he was elected president of Americans United for Separation of Church and State.[17]

Personal life

A Methodist, he was married on June 22, 1946, to Virginia Little of Atlanta, Georgia. They had two children, Mary Ann and James C., Jr.[18][16]

He was said to be "extremely bright, intensely private and sometimes moody"[19] as well as "a courtly man in a tumultuous time ... with old-fashioned graciousness."[20] At age 68, he was described as a "dapper in monogrammed shirts, leather suspenders and wing-tipped shoes."[16]

Corman died at age 80 on December 30, 2000, after suffering a stroke in a rehabilitation facility in Arlington, Virginia. He was survived by his fourth wife, Nancy Breetwor-Malone.[19] They had two children, Adam and Brian.[16] A funeral service was held in Arlington National Cemetery,[21] and interment followed.

Legacy

James C. Corman Federal Building in Van Nuys

In 2001, the Van Nuys Federal Building was named in his honor.[22] He was portrayed by Stoney Westmoreland in the 2016 film All the Way.[23] The James C. Corman papers are held in the University Library at California State University, Northridge.

References

  1. ^ "Cadets at U.C.L.A. Get State and Federal Commissions," Los Angeles Times, January 18, 1941, page 3
  2. ^ "Seven Given Commissions," Los Angeles Times, June 19, 1943, page A-16
  3. ^ a b "Angeleno Tells Aambush of Japs," Los Angeles Times, October 5, 1944, page A-16
  4. ^ "Race for 7th District Councilman Heated One," Los Angeles Times, March 22, 1957, page B-2
  5. ^ "Council Votes Redistricting After Flare-up Over Changes," Los Angeles Times, October 24, 1956, page B-1
  6. ^ Belmont High School Alumni News, Belmont Alumni, January, 1997
  7. ^ "House Dem campaign chief Maloney concedes defeat in New York". POLITICO. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  8. ^ "S.J. RES. 29. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO BAN THE USE OF POLL TAX AS A REQUIREMENT FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS".
  9. ^ "H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION (H. RES. 789) PROVIDING FOR HOUSE APPROVAL OF THE BILL AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE".
  10. ^ "TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT".
  11. ^ "TO PASS H.R. 6675, A BILL TO PROVIDE A HOSPITAL INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR THE AGED UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT".
  12. ^ "TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES".
  13. ^ Hearings By United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. 1971.
  14. ^ Richard Simon, Dade Hayes, Pro-Busing Stand Halted 20-Year Tenure, Los Angeles Times, August 31, 1997
  15. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. 15 October 1989.
  16. ^ a b c d Alan C. Miller, "Profile: James C. Corman," Los Angeles Times, October 15, 1989
  17. ^ John Dart, "Religion Notes,":Los Angeles Times, October 12, 1985 Scroll down.
  18. ^ Los Angeles Public Library reference file
  19. ^ a b Myrna Oliver, "James C. Corman: 10-Term Valley Congressman Championed Civil Rights, Welfare Legislation," Los Angeles Times, January 3, 2001
  20. ^ "His Legacy Represents Our Best," Los Angeles Times, January 7, 2001
  21. ^ Nedra Rhone, "Funeral for Corman to Be in Virginia," Los Angeles Times, January 13, 2001
  22. ^ "Congressman's Tall Legacy," Los Angeles Times, December 22, 2001
  23. ^ "Stoney Westmoreland". IMDb.
Political offices
Preceded by Los Angeles City Council
7th District
1957–61 		Succeeded by
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 22nd congressional district
1961–1975 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from California's 21st congressional district
1975–1981 		Succeeded by

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