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  Thompson, Ruth
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NameRuth Thompson
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Whitehall, Michigan , United States
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Born September 15, 1887
DiedApril 05, 1970 (82 years)
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
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Jan 01, 2015 06:19pm
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Infoa Representative from Michigan; born in Whitehall, Muskegon County, Mich., September 15, 1887; attended the public schools; graduated from Muskegon Business College, Muskegon, Mich., 1905; lawyer, private practice; registrar of probate court of Muskegon County, Mich.; judge of probate, Muskegon County, Mich., 1925-1937; member of the Michigan state house of representatives, 1939-1941; Social Security Board, Washington, D.C., 1941-1942; staff for United States Labor Department, 1942; United States Adjutant General’s Office, 1942-1946; member and chair, Michigan state Prison Commission for Women; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1957); unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Eighty-fifth Congress in 1956; died on April 5, 1970, in Allegan County, Mich.; interment in Oakhurst Cemetery, Whitehall, Mich.


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  08/07/1956 MI District 09- R Primary Lost 36.01% (-16.27%)
  11/02/1954 MI District 9 Won 55.73% (+11.76%)
  08/03/1954 MI District 09- R Primary Won 55.25% (+17.97%)
  11/04/1952 MI District 9 Won 59.53% (+19.43%)
  11/07/1950 MI District 9 Won 54.54% (+9.55%)
  09/12/1950 MI District 09- R Primary Won 30.66% (+1.74%)
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