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  Adair, E. Ross
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NameE. Ross Adair
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Ft. Wayne, Indiana , United States
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Born December 14, 1907
DiedMay 05, 1983 (75 years)
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Jan 04, 2015 04:10pm
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Info born in Albion, Noble County, Ind., December 14, 1907; attended grade and high schools in Albion, Ind.; was graduated from Hillsdale (Mich.) College, A.B., 1928, and from George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C., LL.B., 1933; was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1933 and commenced the practice of law in Fort Wayne, Ind.; probate commissioner of Allen County, Ind., 1940-1950; during the Second World War was called to active duty as a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps Reserve in September 1941 and served until October 1945; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1971); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress; ambassador to Ethiopia, 1971-1974; resumed the practice of law in Ft. Wayne, Ind., where he resided until his death there, May 5, 1983; interment in Greenlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Ft. Wayne.


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  05/11/1971 US Ambassador to Ethiopia Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1970 IN District 4 Lost 48.13% (-3.75%)
  11/05/1968 IN District 4 Won 51.42% (+2.84%)
  05/07/1968 IN District 04 - R Primary Won 82.85% (+65.71%)
  11/08/1966 IN District 4 Won 63.48% (+26.97%)
  11/03/1964 IN District 4 Won 52.08% (+4.17%)
  11/06/1962 IN District 4 Won 55.56% (+11.11%)
  05/08/1962 IN District 04 - R Primary Won 91.01% (+82.01%)
  11/08/1960 IN District 4 Won 58.16% (+16.31%)
  05/03/1960 IN District 04 - R Primary Won 90.65% (+81.29%)
  11/04/1958 IN District 4 Won 50.10% (+0.19%)
  11/06/1956 IN District 4 Won 63.45% (+27.11%)
  05/08/1956 IN District 04 - R Primary Won 90.26% (+80.53%)
  11/02/1954 IN District 4 Won 59.77% (+20.13%)
  11/04/1952 IN District 4 Won 63.71% (+28.29%)
  11/07/1950 IN District 4 Won 56.16% (+13.04%)
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