Charles Foster BASS, Congress, NH (1952)

BASS Charles Foster , a Representative from New Hampshire; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 8, 1952; graduated from Holderness School, Plymouth, N.H., 1970; A.B., Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1974; staff for United States Representative William S. Cohen of Maine, 1974; staff for United States Representative David F. Emery of Maine, 1975-1979; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Ninety-seventh Congress in 1980; delegate to New Hampshire constitutional convention, 1984; member of the New Hampshire general court, 1982-1988; member of the New Hampshire state senate, 1988-1992; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2007); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress (January 3, 2011-January 3, 2013); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present