Doc Hastings

Doc Hastings
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Washington's 4th district
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2015
Preceded byJay Inslee
Succeeded byDan Newhouse
Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015
Preceded byNick Rahall
Succeeded byRob Bishop
Chair of the House Ethics Committee
In office
January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
Preceded byJoel Hefley
Succeeded byStephanie Tubbs Jones
Member of the Washington House of Representatives
from the 16th district
In office
January 8, 1979 – January 3, 1987
Preceded byCharles Kilbury
Succeeded byBill Grant
Personal details
Born
Richard Norman Hastings

(1941-02-07) February 7, 1941 (age 83)
Spokane, Washington, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseClaire Hastings
Children3
Alma materColumbia Basin College
Central Washington University
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army Reserve
Years of service1963–1969
Rank Specialist 4

Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings (born February 7, 1941) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 4th congressional district from 1995 until his retirement in 2015. The district includes much of central Washington including the Tri-Cities, Yakima, and Moses Lake. The most conservative Republican in Washington's Congressional delegation,[1][2] he chaired the House Committee on Ethics from 2005 to 2007 and chaired the House Committee on Natural Resources from 2011 to his leaving office.

Hastings retired in 2015 after declining to run for re-election in 2014.[3]

  1. ^ "What's Up Doc?: Washington's Most Conservative Congressman Bids Farewell". Seattle Weekly. February 13, 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  2. ^ "Rep. Doc Hastings, state's most conservative congressman, to retire". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. February 13, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) to retire". The Washington Post. February 13, 2014. Retrieved February 13, 2014.