Charles E. Chamberlain | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMichigan's6th district | |
| In office January 3, 1957 – December 31, 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Donald Hayworth |
| Succeeded by | Milton Robert Carr |
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| Born | (1917-07-22)July 22, 1917 |
| Died | November 25, 2002(2002-11-25) (aged 85) |
| Political party | Republican |
Charles Ernest Chamberlain (July 22, 1917 – November 25, 2002) was an American politician who was theU.S. representative fromMichigan's 6th congressional district from 1957 to 1974.
Chamberlain was born inLocke Township, Michigan and after graduating from Lansing Central High School inLansing, went on to earn aBachelor of Science degree in 1941 from theUniversity of Virginia inCharlottesville. He earned anBachelor of Laws degree from theUniversity of Virginia School of Law in 1949.
DuringWorld War II, Chamberlain served in theUnited States Coast Guard, 1942–1946, and afterward in theUnited States Coast Guard Reserve, 1946–1977. He worked as a lawyer in private practice and as anInternal Revenue Service agent in theUnited States Treasury Department, 1946–1947. He was assistant prosecutor forIngham County, Michigan in 1950 and city attorney ofEast Lansing and legal counsel to theMichigan State Senate judiciary committee in 1953 and 1954. He was prosecuting attorney for Ingham County, 1955–1956.
In 1956, Chamberlain defeated theDemocratic incumbentDonald Hayworth to be elected as aRepublican fromMichigan's 6th congressional district to theEighty-fifth Congress. He was re-elected to the eight succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1957 until December 31, 1974. He only narrowly defeated DemocratMilton Robert Carr by 97,666 votes (50.68%) to 95,029 (49.32%) in what was otherwise a strong Republican year in 1972. In 1974 he was succeeded by Carr.[1][2] Chamberlain voted in favor of theCivil Rights Acts of 1957,[3]1960,[4]1964,[5] and1968,[6] as well as the24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and theVoting Rights Act of 1965.[7][8]
Chamberlain died inLeesburg, Virginia ofrenal failure andcongestive heart failure. He is interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Lansing, Michigan. He had been a member of theAmerican Legion, theSociety of the Cincinnati,Veterans of Foreign Wars, andKiwanis.
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