SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV (Ike), a Representative from Missouri; born in Lexington, Lafayette County,
Mo., December 20, 1931; attended the Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington,
Mo.; graduated from Lexington High School, Lexington, Mo., 1949; attended the
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, 1953; A.B., University of Missouri,
Columbia, Mo., 1953; LL.B., University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo., 1956;
lawyer, private practice; Lafayette County, Mo., prosecuting attorney,
1957-1960; special assistant attorney general, Missouri state attorney general,
1961-1963; member of the Missouri state senate, 1971-1977; elected as a
Democrat to the Ninety-fifth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January
3, 1977-present); chair, Committee on Armed Services (One Hundred Tenth and One
Hundred Eleventh Congresses).
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