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Raymond F. Clevenger | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMichigan's11th district | |
| In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Victor A. Knox |
| Succeeded by | Philip Ruppe |
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| Born | Raymond Francis Clevenger June 6, 1926 |
| Died | March 29, 2016 (aged 89) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Alma mater | Roosevelt University University of Michigan Law School |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Raymond Francis Clevenger (June 6, 1926 – March 29, 2016) was an American lawyer and politician who served one term as aU.S. Representative from the state ofMichigan between 1965 and 1967.
Clevenger was born inChicago and attended schools inOak Park, Illinois, graduating from high school in 1944. He served in theUnited States ArmyMedical Corps from July 1944 to July 1946. He resumed his education and attendedRoosevelt University in Chicago and theLondon School of Economics and Political Science. While at Roosevelt, he was electedstudent council president, and served alongside future Chicago mayor Harold Washington, who was the student council vice president.[1] He graduated from Roosevelt University in 1949 and from theUniversity of Michigan Law School in 1952.
He began the practice of law inSault Ste. Marie, Michigan in 1953. He was a delegate to Democratic State Conventions, 1954–1964 and a delegate to the1956 Democratic National Convention. He practiced law inIllinois, as well as Michigan, and before theUnited States federal courts and served asChippewa County Circuit Court Commissioner from 1958 to 1960. He was a member of the Democratic State Central Committee, 1958–1960. He was also Michigan Corporation and Securities Commissioner from 1961 to 1963.
In 1964, he defeated incumbentRepublicanVictor A. Knox to be elected as aDemocrat fromMichigan's 11th congressional district to theEighty-ninth Congress, serving from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1967. He was known as one of theMichigan Five Fluke Freshmen and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966, and again in 1968, losing both times to RepublicanPhilip Ruppe.
Clevenger was appointed byU.S. PresidentLyndon B. Johnson as chairman of theGreat Lakes Basin Commission, serving from 1967 to 1968. He later resumed the practice of law and campaigned in 1989 for Mayor ofAnn Arbor, Michigan, losing to Republican incumbentGerald D. Jernigan.
He resided in Ann Arbor and died in March 2016 at the age of 89.[2]
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| Preceded by | United States Representative for the 11th Congressional District of Michigan 1965–1967 | Succeeded by |
