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Harold Volkmer was born on 4 April, 1931 in Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Harold Volkmer'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 80 years old?

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Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 4 April, 1931
Birthday 4 April
Birthplace Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.
Date of death 16 April, 2011
Died Place Hannibal, Missouri, U.S.
Nationality United States

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Who Is Harold Volkmer's Wife?

His wife is Shirley Ruth Braskett (m. 1955-1995) Dian Poole Sprenger (m. 1997)

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Wife Shirley Ruth Braskett (m. 1955-1995) Dian Poole Sprenger (m. 1997)
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Children 3 John Paul, Elizabeth Ann

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1931

Harold Lee Volkmer (April 4, 1931 – April 16, 2011) was an American politician from Missouri.

He was a Democrat who served 20 years in the United States House of Representatives.

Volkmer grew up in Jefferson City, Missouri, where he "got his start in politics helping his mother campaign in Jefferson City, Missouri, for the re-election of President Franklin Roosevelt."

He attended Jefferson City Junior College and Saint Louis University.

He later received his law degree from the University of Missouri, and passed the bar exam even before graduating.

1940

Since then, the Democrats have only once cracked the 40 percent barrier in the district, now numbered as the 3rd.

After leaving Congress, Volkmer served as chairman of the National Commission on Small Farms, and "the members of the National Rifle Association overwhelmingly elected him to their Board of Directors, on which he served for the next 12 years."

1955

Volkmer served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1957.

Prior to entering politics, Volkmer operated a private law practice in Hannibal, Missouri.

1960

After graduating from law school, "Volkmer quickly entered public service, first as an Assistant Attorney General for the State, and then in the United States Army. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Marion County in 1960, and then State Representative in 1966."

Volkmer was re-elected to the Missouri House of Representatives four times.

"During his ten years in the Missouri legislature, he earned the same reputation that he would have had in Congress. An 'energetic blunt-talking lawyer' and 'a maverick,' in the words of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Volkmer led the way on a major reorganization of the executive branch of state government. As the Republican minority leader later recalled, 'Volkmer was the brains for all of us. He understood the issue of reorganization better than anybody in the Legislature. We all looked to him for leadership, including me. I don’t like to say that, darn it, because he’s a Democrat. But it’s true.'"

As Chairman of the Missouri House Judiciary Committee, Volkmer sought and obtained approval of the Equal Rights Amendment by the Missouri House of Representatives.

1976

In 1976, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives and was re-elected nine times.

In Congress, Volkmer represented a mostly rural 21-county area in northeastern Missouri.

He served on the House Agriculture Committee and helped shape five major farm bills.

Volkmer also served for several of his early terms on the House Judiciary Committee.

He had a reputation as a conservative Democrat due to his opposition to gun control legislation, his opposition to abortion, and his opposition to gay rights.

However, these highly salient political issues overshadowed Volkmer's more progressive stances on many issues involving civil rights, environmental laws, and education policy.

1978

Volkmer also supported the Panama Canal Treaty Enabling Legislation in 1978, and the modernization of the United States Bankruptcy laws in 1978.

Volkmer also supported the creation of the U.S. Department of Education.

From 1978 to 1990, he only faced one close race, in 1984.

1982

For instance, he supported the extension of the Voting Rights Act in 1982, the extension and expansion of the Fair Housing Act in 1988, expansion and strengthening of various environmental laws including Superfund, the Clean Water Act, and the Clean Air Act, and opposed certain Pentagon weapons programs considered by him to be wasteful and unnecessary.

1986

He was one of the primary sponsors of the 1986 McClure-Volkmer Act that came to be known as the Firearm Owners Protection Act.

This act amended the Gun Control Act by creating an expanded system of rules and procedures with respect to compliance inspections of gun shops.

According to legal scholar Dave Kopel, "Line by line, FOPA significantly strengthened statutory protections of the Second, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Amendments. FOPA remains one of the most far-reaching laws ever enacted by Congress to safeguard constitutional rights."

For most of his tenure, Volkmer usually skated to reelection.

1992

In 1992, however, he was nearly defeated by Republican Rick Hardy, a political science professor at MU, surviving by only 5,800 votes.

1994

He faced an equally close race in 1994, when Republican assistant attorney general Kenny Hulshof held him to 50.4 percent of the vote.

1995

He married the former Shirley Ruth Braskett (died in 1995) in 1955, and they became the parents of two sons and a daughter.

1996

He lost a rematch to Hulshof in 1996 by just under 5,900 votes.

2011

Volkmer resided in Hannibal, Missouri until his death at age 80 from pneumonia on April 16, 2011.