Jerome Waldie, a former state assemblyman and later congressman who carried legislation to create a full-time Legislature and later introduced the articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon, has died. He was 84.
There are obituaries in the San Francisco Chronicle, Contra Costa Times and Greg Lucas' blog.
Waldie's son, Jon Waldie, currently serves as the chief administrative officer of the state Assembly.
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