Charles E. Chamberlain

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Charles E. Chamberlain (1971)

Charles Ernest Chamberlain (born July 22, 1917 in Locke , Ingham County , Michigan , †  November 25, 2002 in Leesburg , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1957 and 1974 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Chamberlain first attended Lansing Central High School and then studied until 1941 at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville . During the Second World War he served in the US Coast Guard between 1942 and 1946 , of which he was a member until 1977. From 1946 to 1947 he was employed by the Internal Revenue Service . After completing a law degree at the University of Virginia and his admission to the bar in 1949, he began to work in his new profession. In 1950 he became the assistant prosecutor in Ingham County. He then served as a trial attorney for the City of East Lansing . He also became a legal advisor to the Michigan Senate Legal Committee . Chamberlain served as Ingham County's first prosecutor in 1955 and 1956.

Politically, Chamberlain was a member of the Republican Party . In the 1956 congressional elections he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Donald Hayworth on January 3, 1957 . After eight re-elections, he was able to complete almost nine legislative terms in Congress by December 31, 1974 . He resigned from his mandate four days before the official end of his last term on January 3, 1975. During Chamberlain's time as a congressman, the Vietnam War , the civil rights movement and the Watergate affair fell . In addition, the 23rd , 24th , 25th and 26th amendments to the constitution were discussed and passed.

In 1974 Charles Chamberlain renounced another candidacy. In the following years he withdrew from politics. He died on November 25, 2002 in Leesburg and was buried in Lansing .

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SURNAME Chamberlain, Charles E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chamberlain, Charles Ernest (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Locke , Ingham County , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 2002
Place of death Leesburg , Virginia