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  Steers, Jr., Newton Ivan
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NameNewton Ivan Steers, Jr.
Address6601 River Road
Bethesda, Maryland , United States
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Born January 13, 1917
Died February 11, 1993 (76 years)
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Infoattended the public schools of White Plains, N.Y.; graduated from the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn., 1935; B.A., Yale University, 1939; Certificate of Advanced Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1943; J.D., Yale Law School, 1948; admitted to the New York bar in 1958 and the District of Columbia bar in 1967; served in United States Army Air Corps, 1941-1946; employed by E.I. du Pont, 1939-1941, GAF Corp., 1948-1951, and the United States Atomic Energy Commission, 1951-1953; president of several investment companies in New York, 1953-1965; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; Maryland Republican State chairman, 1964-1966; Maryland State insurance commissioner, 1967-1970; in 1970, became Maryland Assistant Secretary, Licensing and Regulation; member, Maryland senate, 1971-1977; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1964 and 1984; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fifth Congress (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1979); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress and for election in 1980 to the Ninety-seventh Congress; unsuccessful candidate for election as lieutenant governor of Maryland in 1982; was a resident of Bethesda, Md., until his death.


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  11/02/1982 MD Lt. Governor Lost 38.00% (-23.97%)
  09/14/1982 MD Lt. Governor - R Primary Won 84.27% (+68.55%)
  11/04/1980 MD District 8 Lost 40.67% (-18.66%)
  05/13/1980 MD District 8 - R Primary Won 42.38% (+8.20%)
  11/07/1978 MD District 8 Lost 48.73% (-2.53%)
  11/02/1976 MD District 8 Won 46.82% (+4.60%)
  05/18/1976 MD District 8 - R Primary Won 42.66% (+18.24%)
  11/05/1974 MD State Senate 16 Won 50.84% (+1.69%)
  11/03/1970 MD State Senate 3A Won 25.37% (+0.00%)
  09/13/1966 MD District 8 - R Primary Lost 22.89% (-13.17%)
  11/06/1962 MD At-Large Lost 44.31% (-11.38%)
  05/15/1962 MD At-Large - R Primary Won 71.39% (+42.78%)
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