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Bob Matsui (Robert Takeo Matsui) was born on 17 September, 1941 in Sacramento, California, U.S., is an American politician (1941–2005). Discover Bob Matsui's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

Popular As Robert Takeo Matsui
Occupation N/A
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 17 September, 1941
Birthday 17 September
Birthplace Sacramento, California, U.S.
Date of death 2005
Died Place Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Doris Okada (m. 1966)

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1941

Robert Takeo Matsui (松井 武男, September 17, 1941 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician from the state of California.

1942

A third-generation Japanese American, Matsui was born in Sacramento, California, and was six months old when he and his family were taken from Sacramento and interned by the U.S. government at the Tule Lake War Relocation Center in 1942.

1963

Matsui graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1963 with a BA in political science, and then from the Hastings College of Law in 1966.

1967

He founded his own Sacramento law practice in 1967.

1971

In 1971, Matsui was elected to the Sacramento City Council.

1975

He won re-election in 1975 and became vice mayor of the city in 1977.

1978

In 1978, Matsui ran for the Democratic nomination in what was then the 3rd district after 12-term incumbent John E. Moss announced his retirement.

He won a five-way Democratic primary with 36 percent of the vote, besting a field that included State Assemblyman Eugene Gualco and Sacramento Mayor Phil Isenberg.

He defeated Republican Sandy Smolley with 53 percent of the vote.

He would never face another contest nearly that close in what has long been the most Democratic district in interior California, and would be reelected 13 times.

After his initial contest, he never dropped below 68 percent of the vote.

1979

Matsui was a member of the Democratic Party and served in the U.S. House of Representatives as the congressman for California's 5th congressional district from 1979 until his death at the end of his 13th term.

The Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse in Sacramento is named in his honor.

1982

He was reelected in 1982 with no major-party opposition, and was unopposed in 1984.

1988

In 1988, Matsui succeeded in helping pass the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, which produced an official apology from the Federal government for the World War II internment program and offered token compensation to victims.

He was also instrumental in the designation of Manzanar internment camp as a national historic site and in obtaining land in Washington, D.C. for the memorial to Japanese-American patriotism in World War II.

He was a chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, ranking member of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means, and third-ranking Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee.

During his term he was noted for his staunch opposition to privatization of Social Security.

He had a mostly liberal voting record having opposed the Defense of Marriage Act, the ban on partial-birth abortions, and the Private Securities and Litigations Reform Act.

1990

His district was renumbered as the 5th district after the 1990 census.

1998

He was married to Doris Okada who, until December 1998, worked as deputy assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Public Liaison for President Bill Clinton, leaving to become senior advisor and director of government relations at the firm of Collier Shannon Scott, PLLC before winning election to her late husband's seat.

The Matsuis had one son, Brian, who received his undergraduate and Juris Doctor degree from Stanford University.

2004

In what would be his last election, 2004, he faced Republican Mike Dugas and easily won a 14th term with 71.4% of the vote, compared to Dugas' 23.4%.

Opponents Pat Driscoll (Green Party) and John Reiger (Peace and Freedom Party), won 3.4% and 1.8% of the vote, respectively.

(DCCC chairs are chosen in part because they are not expected to face serious competition for re-election.)

On December 24, 2004, Matsui entered Bethesda Naval Hospital with pneumonia.

It was a complication from myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare stem cell disorder that causes an inability of the bone marrow to produce blood products, such as red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets.

2005

He died of pneumonia on January 1, 2005.

In the special election on March 8 to fill the vacant seat, Matsui's widow Doris won with over 68 percent of the vote; she was sworn in on March 10, 2005.