BAUMAN, Robert Edmund

BAUMAN, Robert Edmund
Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
1937–

Concise Biography

BAUMAN, Robert Edmund, a Representative from Maryland; born in Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pa., April 4, 1937; attended Easton High School, Easton, Md., until 1953; graduated, Capitol Page School, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1955; B.S., international affairs, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 1959; J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., 1964; admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1964; admitted to the District of Columbia bar; lawyer, private practice; delegate, Republican National Conventions, 1964, 1974, 1978 and 1980; member, Federal Hospital Council of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1970-1973; member of the Maryland state senate, 1971-1973; elected as a Republican by special election, to the Ninety-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative William O. Mills; reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (August 21, 1973-January 3, 1981); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-seventh Congress in 1980; was a candidate for nomination to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982, but withdrew his candidacy before the election; is a resident of Washington, D.C.

View Record in the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress

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External Research Collections

Library of Congress
Manuscript Division

Washington, DC
Papers: In the William A. Rusher Papers, ca. 1940-1989, 89.6 linear feet. Correspondents include Robert E. Bauman. A finding aid is available in the library.
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Bibliography / Further Reading

Bauman, Robert E. "Feeding at the Trough: A Case Study of Federal Grants." In The Case Against the Reckless Congress, edited by Marjorie Holt, pp. 143-52. Ottawa, Ill.: Green Hill Publishers, 1976.

------. The Gentleman From Maryland: The Conscience of a Gay Conservative. New York: Arbor House, 1986.

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