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  Jonkman, Bartel
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NameBartel Jonkman
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Grand Rapids, Michigan , United States
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Born April 28, 1884
DiedJune 13, 1955 (71 years)
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InfoJONKMAN, Bartel John, a Representative from Michigan; born in Grand Rapids, Mich., April 28, 1884; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1914; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Grand Rapids, Mich.; assistant prosecutor of Kent County, Mich., 1915-1920 and prosecuting attorney 1929-1936; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Carl E. Mapes; reelected to the Seventy-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from February 19, 1940, to January 3, 1949; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1948; resumed the practice of law; died in Grand Rapids, Mich., June 13, 1955; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery.



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  09/14/1948 MI District 05 - R Primary Lost 37.77% (-24.47%)
  11/05/1946 MI District 05 Won 71.60% (+43.21%)
  11/07/1944 MI District 05 Won 57.75% (+15.50%)
  07/11/1944 MI District 05 - R Primary Won 53.15% (+6.30%)
  11/03/1942 MI District 05 Won 54.01% (+9.02%)
  09/15/1942 MI District 05 - R Primary Won 37.98% (+6.97%)
  11/05/1940 MI District 05 Won 53.73% (+7.47%)
  09/10/1940 MI District 05 - R Primary Won 86.54% (+73.08%)
  02/19/1940 MI District 05 - Special Election Won 58.61% (+17.23%)
  01/25/1940 MI District 05 - Special R Primary Won 25.85% (+2.06%)
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