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  Bennett, John B.
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NameJohn B. Bennett
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Ontonagon, Michigan , United States
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Born January 10, 1904
DiedAugust 09, 1964 (60 years)
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InfoBENNETT, John Bonifas, a Representative from Michigan; born in Garden, Delta County, Mich., January 10, 1904; attended the public schools; was graduated from Watersmeet (Mich.) High School, from Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wis., in 1925; took a postgraduate course at Chicago (Ill.) University Law School in 1926; was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1925 and to the Michigan bar in 1926; practiced law in Ontonagon, Mich., 1926-1942; prosecuting attorney of Ontonagon County 1929-1934; deputy commissioner of the Michigan Department of Labor and Industry 1935-1937; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the Seventy-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law; elected in 1946 to the Eightieth and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1947, until his death in Chevy Chase, Md., August 9, 1964; interment in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring, Md.


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  11/06/1962 MI District 12 Won 63.29% (+26.57%)
  11/08/1960 MI District 12 Won 60.83% (+21.71%)
  08/02/1960 MI District 12 - R Primary Won 93.05% (+86.09%)
  11/04/1958 MI District 12 Won 57.03% (+14.15%)
  11/06/1956 MI District 12 Won 56.34% (+12.68%)
  11/02/1954 MI District 12 Won 55.90% (+11.80%)
  11/04/1952 MI District 12 Won 58.18% (+16.37%)
  11/07/1950 MI District 12 Won 61.73% (+23.46%)
  09/12/1950 MI District 12 - R Primary Won 82.60% (+65.20%)
  11/02/1948 MI - District 12 Won 56.59% (+13.79%)
  09/14/1948 MI District 12 - R Primary Won 62.83% (+25.66%)
  11/05/1946 MI - District 12 Won 54.42% (+9.25%)
  06/18/1946 MI District 12- R Primary Won 45.69% (+4.58%)
  11/07/1944 MI - District 12 Lost 49.45% (-1.11%)
  07/11/1944 MI - District 12 - R Primary Won 75.36% (+57.08%)
  11/03/1942 MI - District 12 Won 51.52% (+5.96%)
  09/15/1942 MI - District 12 - R Primary Won 60.66% (+40.15%)
  11/05/1940 MI - District 12 Lost 48.36% (-2.91%)
  09/10/1940 MI - District 12 - R Primary Won 61.89% (+36.54%)
  11/08/1938 MI - District 12 Lost 48.29% (-3.41%)
  09/13/1938 MI - District 12 - R Primary Won 46.90% (+18.09%)
  09/15/1936 MI - District 12 - R Primary Lost 23.49% (-4.47%)
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