Weston E. Vivian | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMichigan's2nd district | |
| In office January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 | |
| Preceded by | George Meader |
| Succeeded by | Marvin L. Esch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Weston Edward Vivian (1924-10-25)October 25, 1924 |
| Died | December 4, 2020(2020-12-04) (aged 96) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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| Occupation | Engineer |
Weston "Wes" Edward Vivian (October 25, 1924 – December 4, 2020) was an AmericanWorld War II veteran, electrical engineer and politician from the state ofMichigan. He served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965 to 1967.
Vivian was born inPushthrough[1] in theDominion of Newfoundland (now the Canadian province ofNewfoundland & Labrador), and moved to theUnited States with his parents on September 5, 1929, settling inCranston, Rhode Island where he attended school. He served in theUnited States Navy as an enlisted man and officer from 1943 to 1946.[2]
He received aB.S. atUnion College,Schenectady, New York, in 1945, and aM.S. at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge in 1949, and aPh.D. at theUniversity of Michigan,Ann Arbor in 1959. He was a candidate for city council of Ann Arbor from 1958 to 1959 and a research engineer and lecturer at the University of Michigan from 1951 to 1959. He was chairman of the Ann Arbor City Democratic Committee from 1959 to 1960.[2]
In 1964, Vivian was elected as aDemocrat fromMichigan's 2nd congressional district to the89th United States Congress, serving from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1967.[2] He was known as one of theMichigan Five Fluke Freshmen and was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress, being defeated by then-state RepresentativeMarvin L. Esch. Vivian remains the last Democrat to represent the 2nd district, and the only one since 1935.
Vivian later served as vice president of Vicom Industries, Inc. in Ann Arbor and became a lecturer at the Institute of Public Policy Studies, University of Michigan. He also became a telecommunications consultant.[2] He was aUnitarian and a member of theNAACP.[3]
He died in Ann Arbor, Michigan in December 2020, at the age of 96.[1]
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