John Varick Tunney (born June 26, 1934), American politician, is a former U.S. Senator and Representative. He is the son of the famous heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney. See http://bioguide. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 188 days remaining. ... 1934 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the Senate. ... James Joseph Gene Tunney (May 25, 1897 – November 7, 1978) was the heavyweight boxing champion from 1926-28 who defeated Jack Dempsey in 1926 and 1927 in what became known as The Long Count Fight and retired undefeated after winning against Tom Heeney in 1928. ...

John Tunney graduated from Yale University in 1956. He attended the Hague Academy of International Law in the Netherlands, in 1957, and he graduated from the law school of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1959. He was admitted to the Virginia and New York bars in 1959 and practiced law in New York City. Tunney joined the United States Air Force as a judge advocate and served until discharged as a captain in April, 1963. He taught business law at the University of California, Riverside in 1961 and 1962. He was admitted to practice law in California in 1963. He was a special adviser to the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime from 1963 until 1968. This article is about the institution of higher learning in the United States. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Hague Academy of International Law is a center for high-level education in international law housed in the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The University of Virginia (also referred to as UVa and often called simply Virginia for short) is a research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. ... Charlottesville is an independent city located within the confines of Albemarle County in the state of Virginia. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... State nickname: Old Dominion Other U.S. States Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner (D) Official languages English Area 110,862 km² (35th)  - Land 102,642 km²  - Water 8,220 km² (7. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The University of California, Riverside is a public, coeducational university situated in Riverside, California beside Box Springs Mountain. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

Tunney was elected as a Democrat to be the California Representative of Riverside and Imperial Counties to the Eighty-ninth U.S. Congress and served from January 3, 1965 until his resignation on January 2, 1971. John was elected in 1970 to the United States Senate representing California for a single six-year term. He was defeated for re-election in 1976 by S. I. Hayakawa. He served from January 2, 1971, until his resignation January 1, 1977. The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Riverside County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of California, stretching from Orange County to the Colorado River, which is the border with Arizona. ... Imperial County is a county located in the far southeast of California, on the border with Arizona and Mexico, in the Imperial Valley. ... Seal of the Congress. ... January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (July 18, 1906–February 27, 1992) was an English professor and academic who served as a United States Senator from California from 1977 to 1983. ... January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...

Tunney wrote the book, The Changing Dream, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1975. Tunney was also the inspiration for Robert Redford's character in the film The Candidate. The Changing Dream is the book that was written by the former United States Senator and Representative John V. Tunney, who was the son of the 1926 to 1928 heavyweight boxing champion, Gene Tunney. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Robert Redford Charles Robert Redford Jr. ...

External links

• http://www.tunney.org/
• http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000410