John George Schmitz (August 12, 1930–January 10, 2001) was an ultraconservative Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Orange County, California, prominent member of the John Birch Society, and the American Independent Party candidate for President of the United States in 1972. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... The chamber of the United States House of Representatives is located in the south wing of the Capitol building, in Washington, D.C.. This photograph shows a rare glimpse of the four vote tallying boards (the blackish squares across the top), which display each members name and vote as... Official website: http://www. ... The John Birch Society (JBS) is an ultra-conservative, Americanist organization founded in 1958 to fight what it saw as growing threats to the Constitution of the United States, especially a perceived communist infiltration, and to promote the free-enterprise system. ... American Independent Party is a United States political party. ... The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...

Early life and military career

Schmitz was born in Milwaukee. He obtained his B.S. degree from Marquette University in Milwaukee in 1952 and an M.A. from California State University, Long Beach in 1960. He served as a United States Marine Corps jet fighter and helicopter pilot from 1952 to 1960, and was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1960 to 1983. This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university in the United States. ... This article is about Milwaukee in Wisconsin. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate or graduate course of one to three years in duration. ... California State University, Long Beach (also known as Long Beach State, Cal State Long Beach, CSULB, LBSU or The Beach) is the second largest campus of the California State University system and the third largest university in the state of California. ... United States Marine Corps seal The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military, which along with the U.S. Navy, is under the United States Department of the Navy. ... Jet aircraft with condensation trail Jet aircraft are aircraft with jet engines. ... The Bell 206 of Canadian Helicopters Robinson Helicopter Company (USA) R44, a four seat development of the R22 A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors. ... It has been suggested that Pilot (spaceflight) be merged into this article or section. ... In the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps, a lieutenant colonel is a commissioned officer superior to a major and inferior to a colonel. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Brief stint in Congress and presidential campaign

After leaving the Marines, Schmitz took a job as an instructor in philosophy and political science at Santa Ana College. He also became active in the extreme conservative John Birch Society. His views attracted the attention of wealthy Orange County conservatives such as fast-food magnate Carl Karcher, sporting goods heir Willard Voit and San Juan Capistrano rancher Tom Rogers. They helped him win election to the California Senate in 1964 from a district in Orange County. His views were very conservative even by the standards of Orange County -- Schmitz once joked that he had joined the John Birch Society in order to court the centrist vote in Orange County. He opposed sex education in public schools, and believed citizens should be able to carry loaded guns in their cars. He was also very critical of the civil unrest that characterized the mid-1960s. He called the Watts riots of 1965 "a Communist operation," and believed that state universities should be sold to private corporations as a curb against student protests. Some of his remarks had anti-Semitic overtones. Philosopher in Meditation (detail), by Rembrandt. ... Political science is an academic and research discipline that deals with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. ... Santa Ana College is a community college located at the corner of Bristol and Seventeenth streets in Santa Ana, California, USA. In 1915, Santa Ana Junior College opened its doors to 25 students as a department of Santa Ana High School. ... The John Birch Society (JBS) is an ultra-conservative, Americanist organization founded in 1958 to fight what it saw as growing threats to the Constitution of the United States, especially a perceived communist infiltration, and to promote the free-enterprise system. ... Carl Nicholas Karcher (born 1917) was the former owner of CKE Restaurants, Inc. ... The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. ... Sex education is a broad term used to describe education about human sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual intercourse, and other aspects of human sexual behavior. ... The term Watts Riots refers to a large-scale riot which lasted six days in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, in 1965. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...

He served in the state senate until 1970, when he won a special election to succeed the late James B. Utt in the House from California's 35th Congressional District. He won a full term in November. James Boyd Utt (March 11, 1899 -March 1, 1970) was a Republican congressman from California. ...

When Richard Nixon, whose permanent residence at the time was in San Clemente--located in Schmitz' district--first went to China in 1972, Schmitz suggested that Nixon shouldn't bother coming back. An enraged Nixon recruited Supervisor Andrew Hinshaw, a more moderate Republican, to run against Schmitz in the primary. With the help of questionable campaign contributions from Nixon loyalists, Hinshaw edged out Schmitz in the primary, which was tantamount to election in the heavily Republican district. Hinshaw left Congress in disgrace in 1976 and served one year in jail after it was revealed that he had accepted bribes as a local official in Orange County. Angry at Nixon's role in his defeat, Schmitz won the American Independent Party candidate for president in 1972. He won just over a million votes. His best showing was in Idaho, where he won almost 10 percent of the vote and even finished second in some counties, ahead of Democrat George McGovern. Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Official website: http://ci. ... American Independent Party is a United States political party. ... Official language(s) None Capital Boise Largest city Boise Area  Ranked 14th  - Total 83,642 sq. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... George McGovern Dr. George Stanley McGovern (born July 19, 1922) was a United States Congressman, Senator, and Democratic presidential candidate, losing the 1972 presidential election to incumbent Richard Nixon. ...

Return to the state Senate

Schmitz won back his state senate seat in 1978. He was named chairman of the Constitutional Amendments Committee. However, his behavior became increasingly erratic. For instance, soon after his election, he advocated a military coup similar to that of Augusto Pinochet in Chile. A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte[1] (born November 25, 1915) was head of the military dictatorship that ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. ...

In 1981, he chaired a committee hearing on abortion, which led to the issuance in his name of a press release headlined "Senator Schmitz and His Committee Survive Attack of the Bulldykes". It referred to his audience at the hearings as having "hard, Jewish, and arguably female faces." Feminist attorney Gloria Allred, who testified before the committee, sued Schmitz for $10 million, but settled for $20,000 and an apology. Schmitz's "apology" read, in part, "I have never considered her to be...a slick, butch lawyeress". The incident cost him his committee chairmanship. It was too much even for the John Birch Society, which stripped him of his membership for "extremism." Despite this, Schmitz announced plans to run for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in 1982. A news release or press release is a written or recorded communication directed at members of the news media for the purpose of announcing something claimed as having news value. ... A headline is text at the top of a newspaper article, indicating the nature of the article below it. ... Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... An attorney is someone who represents someone else in the transaction of business: For attorney-at-law, see lawyer, solicitor, barrister or civil law notary. ... Gloria Allred on the cover of her book, Fight Back and Win Gloria Allred (born Gloria Bloom on July 3, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American lawyer, radio talk show host, and media personality. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ...

Extramarital affair

Early in 1982, John George Stuckle, an infant born on June 10, 1981, was treated at an Orange County hospital for an injured penis. A piece of hair was wrapped so tightly around the organ "in a square knot," according to one doctor--that it was almost severed. The surgery went well, and the baby suffered no permanent injury. However, the baby's mother, Carla, a 43-year-old Swedish-born immigrant and longtime Republican volunteer, wasn't allowed to take John George home, since some of the attending doctors were convinced the hair had been deliberately tied around his penis. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The penis (plural penises or penes) or phallus is an external male sexual organ. ...

During a custody hearing, Schmitz acknowledged fathering John George and another child out of wedlock. The admission effectively ended his political career (though he made a quixotic run for the Congressional seat of Bob Dornan in 1984). Schmitz and his wife, Mary, a right-wing political commentator, briefly separated over the incident. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Letourneau-Fualaau scandal

In 1997, Schmitz's daughter, Mary Kay Letourneau, was arrested for the statutory rape of a teenaged boy with whom she had an affair and a child. Newspapers reported that Letourneau's father had attempted to find a loophole in United States treaties with Samoa in order to find out if his daughter could be excused from trial (the boy victim in the case was of Samoan extraction). Mary Kay Letourneau on her release from jail, January 6, 1998. ... The term statutory rape is used when national and/or regional governments, citing an interest in protecting minors, consider people under a certain age to be unable to give informed consent, and therefore consider sexual contact with them to be a felony regardless of their stated consent. ... A treaty is a binding agreement under international law concluded by subjects of international law, namely states and international organizations. ...

At the time of his daughter's scandal, Schmitz had left politics and started a winery in rural Virginia. He also sold political memoribilia one day a week at a shop in Washington, D.C.'s Union Station. He had also bought the home of his hero, Senator Joseph McCarthy. Burnhams Union Station: the central block of the immense front façade of Union Station Union Station is the grand ceremonial train station designed to be the entrance to Washington, DC when it opened in 1907. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Joseph Raymond McCarthy Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908–May 2, 1957) was a Republican Senator from the state of Wisconsin between 1947 and 1957. ...

The newspapers had a field day with the Schmitz family in the wake of the Letourneau case. Some reporters painted a picture of a chilly household with an unemotional mother who stressed appearance over affection. This explanation was refuted by Schmitz family friends.

Schmitz died on January 10, 2001 and was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, is an American military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the estate of the family of Robert E. Lees wife Mary. ...

Family

John P.(son): Deputy Counsel to the Vice President during Reagan administration, Deputy Counsel to the President, George H.W. Bush administration. Joseph E. Schmitz (son): Department of Defense Inspector General, George W. Bush administration. Other children: Phillip (deceased); Mary Kay; Jerome; Terry Ann; Elizabeth. Married for 47 years to the former Mary E. Suehr. Famous people with the family name Reagan include: Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States Nancy Reagan, the wife of Ronald Reagan and influential First Lady Ron Reagan, President Reagans son and liberal journalist Michael Reagan, President Reagans son and conservative talk show host John Henninger... Order: 41st President Vice President: Dan Quayle Term of office: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: June 12, 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush, KBE (born June... Joseph Edward Schmitz is a conservative lawyer, former Inspector General of the Department of Defense (March 21, 2002-September 9, 2005), and executive with Blackwater USA, a private contractor providing security services to the U.S. military. ... The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ... Inspector General is a fact finding officer whose responsibility is to investigate charges of corruption, fraud, waste and abuse and other complaints regarding government officials. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and a former governor of Texas. ...

Further reading

• Biography on U.S. Congress BioGuide
• John G. Schmitz Memorial Home Page
• Steinbacher, John (1972). John Schmitz and the American Party