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  Dow, John G.
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NameJohn G. Dow
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Suffern, New York , United States
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Born May 06, 1905
DiedMarch 11, 2003 (97 years)
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InfoJohn Goodchild Dow

born in New York, N.Y., May 6, 1905; attended the public schools of Canton, Mass.; A.B., Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., 1927; M.A., Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 1937; systems analyst for large corporations, 1929-1964; director of civil defense in Grand View, N.Y., 1950-1964; chair, Zoning Board of Appeals, Grand View, N.Y., 1964; unsuccessful candidate for the New York state legislature in 1954 and 1956; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1969); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-first Congress in 1968; delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1968; staff assistant, United States Congress; elected to the Ninety-second Congress (January 3, 1971-January 3, 1973); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-fourth Congress in 1974; assistant director, New York State comprehensive employment training act program, 1976-1982; founder, Americans Against Nuclear War, 1980; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982; died on March 11, 2003, in Suffern, N.Y.

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  11/06/1990 NY District 22 Lost 26.61% (-42.00%)
  09/11/1990 NY District 22 - D Primary Won 55.44% (+10.87%)
  11/02/1982 NY District 23 Lost 3.93% (-72.16%)
  09/23/1982 NY District 23 - D Primary Lost 27.49% (-45.02%)
  11/05/1974 NY District 26 Lost 38.50% (-15.49%)
  11/07/1972 NY District 26 Lost 39.34% (-8.41%)
  11/03/1970 NY District 27 Won 52.21% (+4.42%)
  11/05/1968 NY District 27 Lost 44.94% (-2.93%)
  11/08/1966 NY District 27 Won 47.22% (+2.74%)
  11/03/1964 NY District 27 Won 51.64% (+3.27%)
  11/06/1956 NY Assembly - Rockland Lost 38.90% (-22.19%)
  11/02/1954 NY State Senate 33 Lost 31.91% (-34.28%)
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