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  May, Jr., Edwin H.
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  1957-01-01  
 
NameEdwin H. May, Jr.
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Hartford, Connecticut , United States
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Born May 28, 1924
DiedFebruary 20, 2002 (77 years)
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Last ModifedMr. Matt
Sep 25, 2010 12:08pm
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Infoborn in Hartford, Hartford County, Conn., May 28, 1924; graduated from Wethersfield High School, Wethersfield, Conn., 1942; graduated from Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., 1948; United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1945; insurance executive; business executive; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth Congress (January 3, 1957-January 3, 1959); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Eighty-sixth Congress in 1958; Connecticut state Republican chairman, 1958-1962; unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination for governor of Connecticut in 1962; delegate, Connecticut constitutional convention, 1965; unsuccessful candidate for Republican nomination to United States Senate in 1968; died on February 20, 2002, in Fort Pierce, Fla.; remains were cremated.


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  11/05/1968 CT US Senate Lost 45.71% (-8.59%)
  11/04/1958 CT District 1 Lost 45.66% (-8.68%)
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