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  Oakman, Charles G.
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NameCharles G. Oakman
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Detroit, Michigan , United States
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Born September 04, 1903
Died October 28, 1973 (70 years)
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Oct 27, 2010 11:30am
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Info a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., September 4, 1903; attended the public schools and Wayne State University; graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1926; engaged in the real estate and transportation business 1927-1940; member of the Wayne County Board of Supervisors 1941-1952; served as executive secretary to the mayor of Detroit in 1941 and 1942; city controller 1942-1945; served four terms as city councilman 1947-1952; secretary of the Detroit-Wayne Joint Building Authority 1948-1954 and general manager 1955-1973; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third Congress (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1955); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress; died in Dearborn, Mich., October 28, 1973; interment in Roseland Park Cemetery, Berkley, Mich.


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  11/02/1954 MI District 17 Lost 47.57% (-4.61%)
  11/04/1952 MI District 17 Won 52.86% (+5.88%)
  08/05/1952 MI District 17- R Primary Won 43.08% (+26.40%)
  11/06/1951 Detroit City Council Won 11.11% (+0.00%)
  11/08/1949 Detroit City Council Won 11.11% (+0.00%)
  11/04/1947 Detroit City Council Won 11.11% (+0.00%)
  11/06/1945 Detroit City Council Won 11.11% (+0.00%)
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