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  Magnuson, Donald H.
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NameDonald H. Magnuson
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Seattle, Washington , United States
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Born March 07, 1911
DiedOctober 05, 1979 (68 years)
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Jul 22, 2019 03:47pm
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Infoborn on a farm near Freeman, Spokane County, Wash., March 7, 1911; attended the public schools and Spokane University, 1926-1928; was graduated from the University of Washington at Seattle in 1931; after graduation worked as a harvester and then as a riveter in an aircraft factory; newspaper reporter for the Daily Olympian and Seattle Times, 1934-1952; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1963); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; employed by Department of Interior, 1963-1969, and by Department of Labor, 1969-1973; resided in Seattle, Wash., where he died October 5, 1979; interment in Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.


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  11/06/1962 WA District 7 Lost 43.41% (-13.18%)
  09/11/1962 WA District 7 - Blanket Primary Won 33.43% (+0.00%)
  11/08/1960 WA District 7 Won 50.04% (+0.07%)
  09/13/1960 WA District 7 - Blanket Primary Won 39.80% (+12.66%)
  11/04/1958 WA District 7 Won 70.65% (+41.68%)
  09/09/1958 WA District 7 - Blanket Primary Won 68.42% (+47.73%)
  11/06/1956 WA At-Large Won 58.54% (+17.08%)
  09/11/1956 WA At-Large - Blanket Primary Won 61.31% (+37.56%)
  11/02/1954 WA At-Large Won 57.30% (+15.06%)
  09/14/1954 WA At-Large - Blanket Primary Won 57.22% (+28.81%)
  11/04/1952 WA At-Large Won 50.49% (+1.02%)
  09/09/1952 WA At-Large - Blanket Primary Won 20.86% (+5.83%)
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