Otto Passman
Otto Ernest Passman (June 27, 1900 – August 13, 1988) was a conservative Democratic congressman from Monroe in northeastern Louisiana, who served from 1947 to 1977. He is primarily remembered for his detailed knowledge and mostly opposition to foreign aid. He was unseated in the 1976 primary election by the more moderate challenger, Thomas Jerald "Jerry" Huckaby of Ringgold, a town in Bienville Parish.
Read more about Otto Passman: Early Years and Military Service, Attending Democratic Conventions, Thirty Years in Congress, Dodd and Passman Come To Blows, Opposition To Foreign Aid, Segregationist in His Time, Charged With Sexual Discrimination, Legal Troubles, Anger Over Primary Defeat, Passman's Obituary
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