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  Whiting, Justin R.
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NameJustin R. Whiting
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St. Clair, Michigan , United States
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Born February 18, 1847
DiedJanuary 31, 1903 (55 years)
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InfoWHITING, Justin Rice, a Representative from Michigan; born in Bath, Steuben County, N.Y., February 18, 1847; moved to Michigan in 1849 with his parents, who settled in St. Clair; attended the public schools and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 1863-1865; engaged as a merchant and manufacturer; mayor of St. Clair in 1879; member of the State senate in 1882; elected as a Democrat to the Fiftieth Congress and reelected to the Fifty-first, Fifty-second, and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1895); resumed his former business pursuits in St. Clair; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor in 1898 and also for election in 1900 to the Fifty-seventh Congress; chairman of the Democratic State central committee; died in St. Clair, Mich., January 31, 1903; interment in Hillside Cemetery.


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  11/06/1900 MI - District 07 Lost 40.09% (-17.57%)
  11/01/1898 MI Governor Lost 39.92% (-17.83%)
  11/08/1892 MI - District 07 Won 46.29% (+1.50%)
  11/04/1890 MI - District 07 Won 50.73% (+6.93%)
  11/06/1888 MI - District 07 Won 47.72% (+1.15%)
  11/02/1886 MI - District 07 Won 48.63% (+2.87%)
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