[1] A lifelong Republican, McCloskey switched to the Democratic Party on April 16, 2007, following the public endorsement of several Democrats in the 2006 election cycle and an unsuccessful run for the House of Representatives against Richard Pombo in the 2006 Republican primary.
Father: Paul Norton McCloskey, Sr.
Wife: Caroline (div., two daughters, two sons)
Daughter: Nancy
Son: Peter
Son: John
Daughter: Kathleen
Wife: Helen V. Hooper
University: Occidental College
University: California Institute of Technology
University: Stanford University (1950)
Law School: JD, Stanford University Law School (1953)
US Congressman, California 12th 1975-83
US Congressman, California 17th 1973-75
US Congressman, California 11th 1967-73
Navy Cross
Purple Heart twice
Silver Star
Author of books:
Truth and Untruth: Political Deceit in America (1972, nonfiction)
The Taking of Hill 610: And Other Essays on Friendship (1992, nonfiction)
AKA Paul Norton McCloskey, Jr.