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  Pittenger, William A.
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NameWilliam A. Pittenger
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Duluth, Minnesota , United States
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Born December 29, 1885
DiedNovember 26, 1951 (65 years)
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InfoPITTENGER, William Alvin, a Representative from Minnesota; born on a farm near Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Ind., December 29, 1885; attended rural schools; was graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1909, and from Harvard Law School in 1912; was admitted to the bar in 1912 and commenced practice in Duluth, Minn.; member of the State house of representatives 1917-1920; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress; resumed the practice of law in Duluth, Minn.; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; elected to the Seventy-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Duluth, Minn., November 26, 1951; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.


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  11/07/1950 MN District 8 Lost 37.09% (-25.82%)
  09/12/1950 MN District 8 - R Primary Won 50.04% (+0.08%)
  09/14/1948 MN District 8 - R Primary Lost 35.71% (-1.30%)
  11/05/1946 MN District 8 Lost 42.35% (-15.30%)
  07/08/1946 MN District 8 - R Primary Won 77.37% (+54.74%)
  11/07/1944 MN District 8 Won 51.85% (+3.70%)
  11/03/1942 MN District 8 Won 58.19% (+33.72%)
  11/05/1940 MN District 8 Won 54.15% (+25.63%)
  09/10/1940 MN District 8 - R Primary Won 84.34% (+68.67%)
  11/08/1938 MN District 8 Won 51.76% (+10.34%)
  11/03/1936 MN District 8 Lost 43.58% (-12.83%)
  11/06/1934 MN District 8 Won 35.73% (+12.77%)
  11/08/1932 MN At-Large Lost 3.75% (-1.25%)
  06/20/1932 MN At-Large - R Primary Won 4.34% (-3.57%)
  11/04/1930 MN District 8 Won 63.32% (+30.41%)
  11/06/1928 MN District 8 Won 44.19% (+1.28%)
  06/18/1928 MN District 8 - R Primary Won 51.30% (+2.60%)
  06/21/1926 MN District 8 - R Primary Lost 28.69% (-3.17%)
  06/16/1924 MN District 8 - R Primary Lost 32.38% (-9.24%)
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