David Skaggs

A Representative from Colorado; born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, February 22, 1943; graduated from Cranford High School, Cranford, N.J., 1960; B.A., Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1964; LL.B., Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn., 1967; United States Marine Corps, 1968-1971; United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1971-1978; lawyer, private practice; aide to United States Representative Timothy Wirth of Colorado, 1975-1977; delegate, Democratic National Convention,1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996; member of the Colorado state house of representatives, 1980-1986; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundredth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1987-January 3, 1999); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixth Congress in 1998.