Al Cederberg | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMichigan's10th district | |
| In office January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1978 | |
| Preceded by | Roy O. Woodruff |
| Succeeded by | Donald J. Albosta |
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| Born | Elford Albin Cederberg (1918-03-06)March 6, 1918 Bay City, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | April 17, 2006(2006-04-17) (aged 88) The Villages, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Bay City Junior College |
Elford Albin "Al" Cederberg (March 6, 1918 – April 17, 2006) was apolitician from theU.S. state ofMichigan.[1]
Cederberg was born to dairy farmers Albin and Helen (Olson) Cederberg inBay City, Michigan; his father and maternal grandparents were immigrants fromSweden.[2] He attended public schools and Bay City Junior College from 1935 to 1937.
He entered theUnited States Army in April 1941, was commissioned assecond lieutenant in July 1942, became acaptain in 1943, and was assigned to the83rd Infantry Division. He participated in theNormandy invasion, and fought inFrance andGermany duringWorld War II. He was decorated with five campaign battle stars and theBronze Star. After the war, he was manager of Nelson Manufacturing Company of Bay City from 1946 to 1952, and was mayor of Bay City from 1949 to 1953.[3]
In 1950, Cederberg unsuccessfully challenged incumbentRoy O. Woodruff in theRepublican Party primary election for theU.S. House of Representatives inMichigan's 10th congressional district. Woodruff did not seek the nomination in 1952 and Cederberg won the Republican primary. He went on to win the general election to the83rd Congress and was subsequently re-elected to the twelve succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1953, until his resignation December 31, 1978. Cederberg voted in favor of theCivil Rights Acts of 1957,[4]1960,[5]1964,[6] and1968,[7] as well as the24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and theVoting Rights Act of 1965.[8][9] He became the ranking minority member of theHouse Appropriations Committee. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978 to the96th Congress, losing toDemocratDonald J. Albosta.[10]
After the end of his term in Congress, Cederberg lived inAlexandria, Virginia and was a consultant forUnited Technologies,RCA, andGrumman Aircraft. He moved to Florida in the late 1990s. Cederberg died of heart and kidney ailments inThe Villages, Florida at the age of 88 and was interred in Elm Lawn Cemetery of Bay City. He was survived by two children from his first marriage; Tom Cederberg and Marilyn Warner. His first marriage to Arlene Munro Cederberg (1916–2001) ended in divorce. His second wife, Marguerite Kletchka Cederberg, whom he married in 1958, died in March 2006.[11]
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| Preceded by | United States Representative for the 10th Congressional District of Michigan 1953 – 1978 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Ranking Member of theHouse Appropriations Committee 1973 – 1978 | Succeeded by |
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