B. F. Sisk

Bernice Frederic Sisk (December 14, 1910 – October 25, 1995) was an American politician who served as a Congressman from California from 1955 to 1979.

[2] He defeated Republican incumbent Oakley Hunter in one of the major upsets of the 1954 midterm Congressional elections.

The district had been in Republican hands for all but ten years since its creation in 1913, but Sisk went on to hold the seat for 12 terms.

[3] The district would remain in Democratic hands until the election of Republican John Duarte to Congress in 2022.

A proponent of production inducements rather than direct farm subsidies, he backed legislation to aid the dairy, wine, sugar, fig and raisin industries.