Eugene A. Chappie

CA Blue Book

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-03-1964	Republican	AD-06	46772	Win
11-08-1966	Republican	AD-06	63655	Win
11-05-1968	Republican	AD-06	71799	Win
11-03-1970	Republican	AD-06	58459	Win
11-07-1972	Republican	AD-06	80370	Win
11-05-1974	Republican	AD-03	42721	Win
11-02-1976	Republican	AD-03	61267	Win
11-07-1978	Republican	AD-03	69556	Win
11-04-1980	Republican	CD-01	145585	Win
11-02-1982	Republican	CD-02	116172	Win
11-06-1984	Republican	CD-02	158679	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: March 28, 1920 in Sacramento, CA
Married: Paula Di Benedetto (in 1941)
Children: Susan, Eugene II, John, Tina, and Linda
Military Service: ARMY (WWII, Korea)
Died: May 31, 1992 in Georgetown, CA

1950-1965: Member, El Dorado County Board of Supervisors*
1968-1972: Delegate, California State Republican Conventions
1987-1992: Member, California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Commission
1989-1991: Member, El Dorado County Board of Supervisors*

• Chappie was appointed to the Board of Supervisors in 1950 by Governor Earl Warren and in 1988 by Governor George Deukmejian.
• In his first two years in the legislature, Chappie drove 100,000 miles to visit the 11 counties in his district.
• Started his career in the military as a private and ended it as a captain.
• "He is known throughout El Dorado County as a man who is not afraid to state his position and one who is willing to fight for it."
• PLACENAME: SCR 139 (2014; Ted Gaines) would have designated a portion of Highway 193 in El Dorado County as the Eugene “Gene” Chappie Memorial Highway. The resolution died at the Assembly Desk.
• PLACENAME: SCR 2 (Res. Chapter 105, Statutes of 2015; Ted Gaines) designated a portion of Highway 193 in El Dorado County as the Eugene “Gene” Chappie Memorial Highway.

Source: California Blue Book (1967), (1971)
Source: California Legislature Handbook (1974)
Source: "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present" (U.S. Library of Congress) [http://bioguide.congress.gov/]