Patrick J. Hillings
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Patrick Jerome Hillings (February 19, 1923 - July 20, 1994) was a U.S. Representative from California.
Born in Hobart Mills, California, Hillings attended public schools. He attended the University of Southern California until March 1943. He served as a sergeant in the Signal Corps Intelligence Service from March 1943 to February 1946 with service in the South Pacific. He returned to the University of Southern California and received a B.A. in 1947 and J.D. in 1949. He was admitted to the bar in 1949 and commenced the practice of law in Arcadia, California. He served as delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1952, 1956, 1960, and 1964.
Hillings was elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1959). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1958, but was an unsuccessful candidate for attorney general of California. He resumed the practice of law in Los Angeles. He served as chairman of the Republican central committee of Los Angeles County 1960-1961. Directed the presidential campaign of Ronald Reagan in Florida from 1979 to 1980. He was a resident of Los Angeles until his death in Palm Desert, California, on July 20, 1994.
