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  Johansen, August E.
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NameAugust E. Johansen
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Battle Creek, Michigan , United States
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Born July 21, 1905
DiedApril 16, 1995 (89 years)
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InfoJOHANSEN, August Edgar, a Representative from Michigan; born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 21, 1905; attended the public schools in Battle Creek, Mich.; attended Olivet (Mich.) College in 1922 and 1923, and Western Michigan College of Education in Kalamazoo in 1923 and 1924; graduated from the University of Chicago in 1926; reporter with the Battle Creek Moon-Journal during the summers 1922-1927; minister of the Seventh-day Baptist Church in Chicago, Ill., and Congregational Church, Bedford, Mich., 1924-1934; manager of industrial relations of the Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, Mich., 1934-1944; editorial writer for the Battle Creek Enquirer-News, 1944-1948; editor of the Lakeview News and news editor on radio, 1944-1951; member of the Calhoun County Tax Allocation Board in 1949 and 1950; administrative assistant to Representative Paul W. Shafer 1951-1954; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1955-January 3, 1965); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; executive vice president, Robert A. Taft Institute of Government, 1966-1967; lecturer and writer; died April 16, 1995.

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  11/03/1964 MI District 3 Lost 47.32% (-5.36%)
  09/01/1964 MI District 3 - R Primary Won 61.47% (+31.93%)
  11/06/1962 MI District 3 Won 59.48% (+18.96%)
  11/08/1960 MI District 3 Won 60.55% (+21.31%)
  11/04/1958 MI District 3 Won 60.43% (+21.24%)
  11/06/1956 MI District 3 Won 63.78% (+28.01%)
  08/07/1956 MI District 3 - R Primary Won 50.90% (+1.79%)
  11/02/1954 MI District 3 Won 59.40% (+19.25%)
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