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  Crawford, Fred L.
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NameFred L. Crawford
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Saginaw, Michigan , United States
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Born May 05, 1888
DiedApril 13, 1957 (68 years)
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InfoCRAWFORD, Fred Lewis, a Representative from Michigan; born in Dublin, Erath County, Tex., May 5, 1888; attended the public schools, business college at Peniel, Tex., and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; engaged in accountancy at Des Moines, Iowa, and Detroit, Mich., 1914-1917; built, financed, and operated beet sugar mills in various sections of the United States 1917-1935; also engaged in manufacturing, ranching, and overland transportation; director of the Michigan National Bank and the Refiners Transport & Petroleum Corp. of Detroit, Mich., at time of death; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fourth and to the eight succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1953; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1952; retired to his farm at Allentown, Prince Georges County, Md.; died in Washington, D.C., April 13, 1957; interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

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  08/05/1952 MI District 08- R Primary Lost 38.60% (-22.81%)
  11/07/1950 MI District 8 Won 60.48% (+21.81%)
  09/12/1950 MI District 08- R Primary Won 54.86% (+9.71%)
  11/02/1948 MI - District 08 Won 61.32% (+24.24%)
  11/05/1946 MI - District 08 Won 72.57% (+46.16%)
  06/18/1946 MI District 08- R Primary Won 67.51% (+35.02%)
  11/07/1944 MI - District 08 Won 67.48% (+35.41%)
  07/11/1944 MI - District 08 - R Primary Won 85.06% (+70.12%)
  11/03/1942 MI - District 08 Won 66.92% (+34.80%)
  11/05/1940 MI - District 08 Won 61.15% (+22.37%)
  11/08/1938 MI - District 08 Won 58.70% (+17.41%)
  09/13/1938 MI - District 08 - R Primary Won 68.80% (+37.60%)
  01/05/1937 US House Speaker Lost 0.47% (-76.30%)
  11/03/1936 MI - District 08 Won 46.81% (+1.10%)
  09/15/1936 MI - District 08 - R Primary Won 63.49% (+26.99%)
  11/06/1934 MI District 8 Won 51.50% (+5.60%)
  09/11/1934 MI - District 08 - R Primary Won 52.56% (+5.11%)
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