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- Bernice_F._Sisk abstract "Bernice Frederic Sisk (December 14, 1910 – October 25, 1995), usually known as B. F. Sisk or Bernie Sisk, was an American politician who served as a Congressman from California from 1955 to 1979. He was a Democrat. Sisk was born in Montague, Texas in 1910. He was elected to the House in 1954, representing a district that included Fresno, Merced and Modesto. He defeated Republican incumbent Allan Hunter in one of the major upsets of the 1954 midterm Congressional elections. The district had been in Republican hands for all but ten years since its creation in 1913, but Sisk went on to hold the seat for 12 terms.He was a long-time member of the House Rules Committee and the Agriculture Committee, and served as Chairman of the Cotton Subcommittee, where he helped heal the long-standing rift between southern and western cotton producers. A proponent of production inducements rather than direct farm subsidies, he backed legislation to aid the dairy, wine, sugar, fig and raisin industries. Sisk was also a major political force in the United States Congress for the creation of the Central Valley Project that eventually developed into a $37 billion water system that continues to serve California's 400-mile-long Central Valley. Sisk retired from Congress in 1978. He was succeeded by his former chief of staff, Tony Coelho.".
- Bernice_F._Sisk activeYearsEndDate "1963-01-03".
- Bernice_F._Sisk activeYearsEndDate "1975-01-03".
- Bernice_F._Sisk activeYearsEndDate "1979-01-03".
- Bernice_F._Sisk activeYearsStartDate "1955-01-03".
- Bernice_F._Sisk activeYearsStartDate "1963-01-03".
- Bernice_F._Sisk activeYearsStartDate "1975-01-03".
- Bernice_F._Sisk almaMater Abilene_Christian_University.
- Bernice_F._Sisk birthDate "1910-12-14".
- Bernice_F._Sisk birthPlace Montague,_Texas.
- Bernice_F._Sisk deathDate "1995-10-25".
- Bernice_F._Sisk deathPlace Fresno,_California.
- Bernice_F._Sisk party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Bernice_F._Sisk region California.
- Bernice_F._Sisk region Californias_12th_congressional_district.
- Bernice_F._Sisk region Californias_15th_congressional_district.
- Bernice_F._Sisk region Californias_16th_congressional_district.
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- Bernice_F._Sisk wikiPageWikiLink Abilene_Christian_University.
- Bernice_F._Sisk wikiPageWikiLink Allan_O._Hunter.
- Bernice_F._Sisk wikiPageWikiLink Alphonzo_E._Bell,_Jr..
- Bernice_F._Sisk wikiPageWikiLink Burt_L._Talcott.
- Bernice_F._Sisk wikiPageWikiLink California.
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- Bernice_F._Sisk wikiPageWikiLink Californias_16th_congressional_district.
- Bernice_F._Sisk wikiPageWikiLink Category:1910_births.
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- Bernice_F._Sisk wikiPageWikiLink Central_Valley_Project.
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- Bernice_F._Sisk wikiPageWikiLink Fresno,_California.
- Bernice_F._Sisk wikiPageWikiLink John_J._McFall.
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- Bernice_F._Sisk wikiPageWikiLink Tony_Coelho.
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- Bernice_F._Sisk wikiPageWikiLink United_States_House_Committee_on_Agriculture.
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- Bernice_F._Sisk wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bernice F. Sisk".
- Bernice_F._Sisk wikiPageWikiLinkText "Bernie Sisk".
- Bernice_F._Sisk after Burt_L._Talcott.
- Bernice_F._Sisk after Tony_Coelho.
- Bernice_F._Sisk almaMater Abilene_Christian_University.
- Bernice_F._Sisk before Allan_O._Hunter.
- Bernice_F._Sisk before Alphonzo_E._Bell,_Jr..
- Bernice_F._Sisk before John_J._McFall.
- Bernice_F._Sisk birthDate "1910-12-14".
- Bernice_F._Sisk birthName "Bernice Frederic Sisk".
- Bernice_F._Sisk birthPlace Montague,_Texas.
- Bernice_F._Sisk deathDate "1995-10-25".
- Bernice_F._Sisk deathPlace Fresno,_California.
- Bernice_F._Sisk district "12".
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- Bernice_F._Sisk name "B. F. Sisk".
- Bernice_F._Sisk party Democratic_Party_(United_States).
- Bernice_F._Sisk preceded Allan_O._Hunter.
- Bernice_F._Sisk preceded Alphonzo_E._Bell,_Jr..
- Bernice_F._Sisk preceded John_J._McFall.
- Bernice_F._Sisk state California.
- Bernice_F._Sisk state "California".
- Bernice_F._Sisk succeeded Burt_L._Talcott.
- Bernice_F._Sisk succeeded Tony_Coelho.
- Bernice_F._Sisk succeeded "Burt L. Talcott".
- Bernice_F._Sisk termEnd "1963-01-03".
- Bernice_F._Sisk termEnd "1975-01-03".
- Bernice_F._Sisk termEnd "1979-01-03".
- Bernice_F._Sisk termStart "1955-01-03".
- Bernice_F._Sisk termStart "1963-01-03".
- Bernice_F._Sisk termStart "1975-01-03".
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- Bernice_F._Sisk years "1955".
- Bernice_F._Sisk years "1963".
- Bernice_F._Sisk years "1975".
- Bernice_F._Sisk subject Category:1910_births.
- Bernice_F._Sisk subject Category:1995_deaths.
- Bernice_F._Sisk subject Category:California_Democrats.
- Bernice_F._Sisk subject Category:Democratic_Party_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.
- Bernice_F._Sisk subject Category:Members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_from_California.