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  Mackie, John C.
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NameJohn C. Mackie
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Born June 01, 1920
DiedMarch 05, 2008 (87 years)
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Feb 12, 2023 06:08pm
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InfoMACKIE, John C., a Representative from Michigan; born in Toronto, Canada, June 1, 1920; immigrated to the United States from Canada in 1924 with his parents, who settled in Detroit, Mich.; graduated from Southeastern High School, Detroit, Mich., 1938; attended Lawrence Institute of Technology, 1938-1939; B.S., Michigan State University, 1942; LL.D., Michigan State University, 1965; employed on airplane engine design in Detroit, 1942; United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1945, served in the Pacific Theater until discharged as a first lieutenant; employed by an engineering firm in the Flint area, 1946-1952; organized the Flint Surveying &Engineering Co., 1952; Genesee County surveyor, 1952-1956; elected State highway commissioner of Michigan, 1957 and reelected in 1961 to a new four-year term; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth Congress (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1967); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninetieth Congress in 1966; business owner; died on March 5, 2008, in Warrenton, Va.


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Mar 07, 2008 03:10pm Obituary Former State Highway Commissioner [and Rep.] John Mackie dies at 88  Article RMF 

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  11/08/1966 MI District 7 Lost 45.91% (-8.18%)
  11/03/1964 MI District 7 Won 65.72% (+31.44%)
  04/03/1961 MI State Highway Commissioner Won 59.24% (+18.87%)
  04/01/1957 MI State Highway Commissioner Won 52.34% (+4.69%)
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