Ottinger, Richard L. (Richard Lawrence), 1929-

<p>Richard Lawrence Ottinger (born January 27, 1929) is an American legal educator and politician from New York. A Democrat, he served in the United States House of Representatives for eight terms, from 1965 to 1971 and from 1975 to 1985.</p>

<p>Richard Lawrence Ottinger was born in New York City, the son of businessman Lawrence Ottinger, founder of U.S. Plywood, and nephew of Albert Ottinger, the Republican Attorney General of New York from 1925 to 1928. He attended the public schools of Scarsdale, New York and graduated from the Loomis School, in Windsor, Connecticut in 1946. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Cornell University in 1950 and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1953. He also studied international law at Georgetown University. He served in the United States Air Force from 1955 to 1957, and was discharged as a captain. He was admitted to the New York bar and practiced international and corporate law. He was one of the founders and the second staff member of the Peace Corps, serving as director of programs for the west coast of South America from 1961 to 1964.</p>

<p>In the 1964 elections, he was elected as a Democrat to the 89th United States Congress and was re-elected twice in 1966 and 1968. After the 1964 run, Ottinger was criticized for using a loophole in election laws to spend $193,000 of his own money to get around a limit of $8,000 in the race. He set up multiple committees and gave money of all of them. Most prominently, Ottinger's mother, Louise, and sister, Patricia Heath, had set up 22 different committees that in turn donated $6,000 apiece to his campaign.</p>

OTTINGER, Richard Lawrence, a Representative from New York; born in New York City, January 27, 1929; attended public schools of Scarsdale, N.Y.; graduated from Loomis School, Windsor, Conn., Windsor, Conn., 1946; B.A., Cornell University, 1950; LL.B, Harvard Law School, 1953; took postgraduate study in international law, Georgetown University, 1960-1961; served in the United States Air Force, 1955-1957, and was discharged as a captain; admitted to the New York bar in 1955; practiced international and corporate law, 1955-1960; chair, member of the board of directors, Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation and Environmental and Energy Study Institute; contract manager, International Cooperation Administration, 1960-1961; a founder and second staff member of the Peace Corps, serving as director of programs for the West Coast of South America, 1961-1964; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1971); was not a candidate for reelection, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1970; organizer of Grassroots Action, Inc., in Washington, D.C., 1971-1972; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1985); did not seek reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress in 1984; dean emeritus, Pace University Law School; is a resident of Mamaroneck, N.Y.

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li> 11/02/1982 NY District 20 Won 56.49% (+15.16%)</li>
<li> 11/04/1980 NY District 24 Won 59.44% (+19.87%)</li>
<li> 11/07/1978 NY District 24 Won 56.07% (+13.35%)</li>
<li> 11/02/1976 NY District 24 Won 54.51% (+10.19%)</li>
<li> 11/05/1974 NY District 24 Won 57.83% (+15.67%)</li>
<li> 11/07/1972 NY District 23 Lost 49.65% (-0.71%)</li>
<li> 11/03/1970 NY US Senate Lost 36.77% (-1.98%)</li>
<li> 06/23/1970 NY US Senate - D Primary Won 39.68% (+7.08%)</li>
<li> 05/11/1970 NY US Senate - L Convention Lost 4.00% (-63.00%)</li>
<li> 11/05/1968 NY District 25 Won 58.56% (+23.88%)</li>
<li> 11/08/1966 NY District 25 Won 54.65% (+9.29%)</li>
<li> 11/03/1964 NY District 25 Won 56.22% (+12.44%)</li>
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