Burt L. Talcott
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Burt L. Talcott (1920-) is a former member of the United States Congress from the State of California.
Born in Billings, Montana February 22, 1920 Burt received his degree from Stanford University in 1942. After which, he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps where he became a bomber pilot. On mission in a B-17 Flying Fortress over Austria, Talcott was shot down and captured. He spent 14 months in a German Prisoner-of-war camp. He was discharged from the military in 1945. After holding various county offices, Talcott was elected to the 88th United States Congress as a Republican and served an additional six terms (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1977) before losing his seat in 1976 to Leon Panetta. Since then Talcott has worked on a variety of private and public legislative work. He currently resides in Gig Harbor, Washington and serves on the Charter Review Commission Dist. 7 Pos. 3 of Pierce County.
