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24 de abr. de 2003 · Teno Roncalio, Wyoming's first five-term United States representative, died on March 30. He was 87. The eighth of nine children of Italian immigrants, Mr. Roncalio was born on March 23, 1916,...
27 de abr. de 2003 · Teno Roncalio, 87, Wyoming’s first five-term U.S. representative, died March 30 of congestive heart failure in Rock Springs, Wyo. Roncalio, a Democrat, was the eighth of nine children of...
In the early years of the postwar civil rights movement, Teno Roncalio, Norman Barlow, Milward Simpson and other Wyoming leaders were able to cobble together enough of a consensus on racial policy to enact the lukewarm civil rights act of 1957.
This interview focuses on John F. Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign in Wyoming, the selection of delegates for the 1960 Democratic National Convention, and Roncalio’s time on the International Joint Commission, among other topics.
Teno Domenico Roncalio (born Celeste Domenico Roncaglio; March 23, 1916 – March 30, 2003), was an American politician and writer who served in the United States House of Representatives. To date, he is the last Democrat to have represented Wyoming in Congress.
RONCALIO, TENO, A Representative from Wyoming; born in Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyo., March 23, 1916; attended the public schools; graduated from the University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyo., 1947; United States Army, 1941-1946, participated in the Normandy invasion; staff, United States Senate Library, 1940-1941; lawyer, private practice ...
Roncalio was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1964. Two years later, he ran for the U.S. Senate but lost. In 1970, he was elected to the U.S. House again and served until 1978, then retired and returned to Wyoming to practice law. Roncalio died in Cheyenne on March 30, 2003.
