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  Macdonald, Torbert H.
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NameTorbert H. Macdonald
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Malden, Massachusetts , United States
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Born June 06, 1917
DiedMay 21, 1976 (58 years)
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Feb 22, 2022 04:57pm
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Infoborn in Everett, Middlesex County, Mass., June 6, 1917; attended Malden public schools, Medford High School, and Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.; was graduated from Harvard University, B.A., 1940 and from its law school, LL.B., 1946; served in the United States Navy as a PT boat commander in the Southwest Pacific 1942-1944; awarded Silver Star Combat Award and Presidential Citation; was admitted to the bar in 1946 and commenced the practice of law in Boston, Mass.; member of the National Labor Relations Board for New England area 1948-1952; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1960, 1964, and 1968; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Congress; reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1955, until his death, May 21, 1976, in Bethesda, Md.; interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Mass.


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  11/05/1974 MA District 7 Won 79.78% (+59.56%)
  11/07/1972 MA District 7 Won 67.75% (+35.50%)
  09/19/1972 MA District 07 - D Primary Won 82.54% (+65.09%)
  11/03/1970 MA District 7 Won 72.22% (+44.44%)
  11/05/1968 MA District 7 Won 62.51% (+25.03%)
  09/17/1968 MA District 7 - D Primary Won 77.92% (+55.85%)
  11/08/1966 MA District 7 Won 74.49% (+48.99%)
  11/03/1964 MA District 7 Won 76.95% (+53.90%)
  11/06/1962 MA District 7 Won 71.58% (+43.16%)
  11/08/1960 MA District 8 Won 65.75% (+31.51%)
  11/04/1958 MA District 8 Won 66.36% (+32.71%)
  11/06/1956 MA District 8 Won 54.78% (+9.57%)
  11/02/1954 MA District 8 Won 53.19% (+6.39%)
  09/16/1952 MA District 8 - D Primary Lost 48.77% (-2.45%)
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