| Bill Zeliff | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Smith |
| Succeeded by | John E. Sununu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1936-06-12)June 12, 1936 East Orange, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | October 18, 2021(2021-10-18) (aged 85) Venice, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Sydna Taylor |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Connecticut (BS) |
William H. Zeliff Jr. (June 12, 1936 – October 18, 2021) was an American Republican politician from New Hampshire who was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997.
Early life
Zeliff was born in East Orange, New Jersey in June 1936, Zeliff graduated from Milford High School in Milford, Connecticut in 1954 and received his B.S. at the University of Connecticut in 1959, where he was a member of the Delta Chi fraternity. He served in the Connecticut Army National Guard from 1958–64 and afterwards was in the United States Army Reserve..
Career
Zeliff worked as a sales and marketing manager in the consumer products division of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company from 1959 to 1976 and was also an innkeeper and small business owner. He ran unsuccessfully for the New Hampshire Senate in 1984 and was a delegate to the 1988 Republican National Convention which nominated George H. W. Bush for the presidency.
He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1990, took seat in 1991 and was reelected in 1992 and 1994. In 1996, Zeliff opted to instead run in the gubernatorial race for Governor of New Hampshire. He lost the nomination to the chairman of the New Hampshire Board of Education Ovide Lamontagne who went on to lose the election to New Hampshire State Senator Jeanne Shaheen. Zeliff was a member of the ReFormers Caucus of Issue One.
Personal life and death
Zeliff lived in Jackson, New Hampshire and Venice, Florida, and worked as a private advocate. He was married to Sydna Taylor and had three children.
He died at home in Florida on October 18, 2021, at the age of 85.
References
- "Issue One – ReFormers Caucus". www.issueone.org. Retrieved 2018-10-15.
- Former three-term Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Zeliff has died at 85
External links
- United States Congress. "Bill Zeliff (id: Z000004)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Electronic Frontiers New Hampshire: Bill Zeliff
- Appearances on C-SPAN
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded byBob Smith | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997 |
Succeeded byJohn E. Sununu |
| New Hampshire's delegation(s) to the 102nd–104th United States Congresses (ordered by seniority) | ||||||||||
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- 1936 births
- 2021 deaths
- Connecticut National Guard personnel
- DuPont people
- People from Carroll County, New Hampshire
- People from East Orange, New Jersey
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire
- University of Connecticut alumni
- Members of Congress who became lobbyists
- Delta Chi members
- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives