Joel Pritchard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joel Pritchard

American politician

Date of Birth: 05-May-1925

Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, United States

Date of Death: 09-Oct-1997

Profession: businessperson, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Joel Pritchard

  • Joel McFee Pritchard (May 5, 1925 – October 9, 1997) was an American Republican politician from Washington.
  • He served in the U.S.
  • House of Representatives and as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Washington. Pritchard was born in Seattle, Washington to Frank, Sr.
  • and Jean Pritchard on May 5, 1925.
  • He attended public schools as a child and attended Marietta College from 1946 to 1947.
  • At the rank of Sergeant, he served in the United States Army from 1944 to 1946 and was president of the Griffin Envelope Company in Seattle from 1948 to 1971.
  • He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1956 that renominated Dwight D.
  • Eisenhower for the presidency.
  • He was elected to the Washington House of Representatives representing Washington's thirty-sixth district in 1958, where he served from 1959 to 1967, being reelected in 1960, 1962 and 1964.
  • In the state house, he worked closely with future U.S.
  • Senators Daniel J.
  • Evans and Slade Gorton.
  • In 1966, he was elected to the Washington State Senate, where he served a single term from 1967 to 1971.
  • In 1970 Pritchard, a member of Washington Citizens for Abortion Reform (WCAR), introduced a bill allowing abortions in the first four months of pregnancy; it was approved and went to the voters as Referendum 20.
  • The measure was approved statewide by voters in November 1970, making Washington the first state to in which abortion was legalized by a popular vote.In 1970, Pritchard ran for the U.S.
  • House of Representatives to represent Washington's first district, challenging nine-term incumbent Thomas Pelly in the Republican primary.
  • Pelly was renominated, but by a smaller margin than anyone expected [1]. In 1972, Pelly retired and Pritchard ran for the U.S.
  • House of Representatives again, this time successfully, defeating opponents John Hempleman and Craig Honts in a closely contested election.
  • He was easily reelected in 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980 and 1982, serving from 1973 to 1985.
  • He chose not to run for reelection in 1984.
  • In 1988, he made a successful run for Lieutenant Governor of Washington, becoming president of the Washington Senate.
  • He was reelected in 1992 and served from 1989 to 1997. After the end of his second term as Lieutenant Governor, Pritchard went into retirement and became a board member of TVW, Washington's public affairs network.
  • He died on October 9, 1997 in Olympia, Washington, of lymphoma.Along with a few of his friends, Pritchard invented the game of pickleball at his house in 1965.

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