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  Blackney, William W.
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NameWilliam W. Blackney
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Clio, Michigan , United States
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Born August 28, 1876
DiedMarch 14, 1963 (86 years)
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Jan 01, 2015 06:01pm
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Infoa Representative from Michigan; born in Clio, Genesee County, Mich., August 28, 1876; attended the public schools, Olivet College, Olivet, Mich., and Ferris School, Big Rapids, Mich.; moved to Flint, Mich., in 1904; served as county clerk of Genesee County 1905-1912; was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1912; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Flint, Mich.; served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Genesee County 1913-1917; member of the Flint School Board 1924-1934; member of the Republican State central committee 1925-1930; instructor in the General Motors Co. technical night school for sixteen years; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; elected to the Seventy-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1953); was not a candidate for renomination in 1952; retired to Flint, Mich., until his death there March 14, 1963; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Clio, Mich.


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  11/07/1950 MI District 6 Won 52.84% (+6.53%)
  09/12/1950 MI District 06- R Primary Won 57.24% (+14.47%)
  11/02/1948 MI - District 06 Won 49.79% (+0.53%)
  09/14/1948 MI District 06- R Primary Won 63.57% (+40.23%)
  11/05/1946 MI - District 06 Won 57.34% (+15.35%)
  06/18/1946 MI District 06- R Primary Won 68.05% (+36.09%)
  11/07/1944 MI - District 06 Won 55.23% (+10.78%)
  11/03/1942 MI - District 06 Won 57.63% (+16.05%)
  09/15/1942 MI - District 06 - R Primary Won 69.17% (+38.34%)
  11/05/1940 MI - District 06 Won 51.08% (+2.45%)
  09/10/1940 MI - District 06 - R Primary Won 82.89% (+65.79%)
  11/08/1938 MI - District 06 Won 54.99% (+10.01%)
  09/13/1938 MI - District 06 - R Primary Won 78.91% (+57.82%)
  11/03/1936 MI - District 06 Lost 42.26% (-15.44%)
  09/15/1936 MI - District 06 - R Primary Won 58.73% (+27.44%)
  11/06/1934 MI - District 06 Won 50.62% (+1.58%)
  09/11/1934 MI - District 06 - R Primary Won 27.92% (+7.87%)
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