Elford Albin Cederberg

Elford Albin Cederberg (born March 6, 1918 in Bay City , Michigan , † April 17, 2006 in The Villages , Florida ) was an American politician . Between 1953 and 1978 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Elford Cederberg attended his homeland public schools and Bay City Junior College , which he graduated from 1935-1937. During the Second World War he was an officer in an infantry unit of the US Army between 1942 and 1945 . He made it to the captain. In June 1944 he was present at the landing in Normandy . After that he fought in France and Germany . After the war he returned to Bay City, where he was the managing director of Nelson Manufacturing Co. from 1946 to 1952 .

Politically, Cederberg was a member of the Republican Party . From 1949 to 1953 he was mayor of his hometown of Bay City. In the 1952 congressional elections , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of Michigan , where he succeeded Roy O. Woodruff on January 3, 1953 . After twelve re-elections, he was able to complete almost 13 legislative terms in Congress by December 31, 1978 . After losing to Democrat Donald J. Albosta in the 1978 elections , he resigned from his mandate on December 31 of that year, four days before the official end of the legislature on January 3, 1979. His time as Congressman fell under the Cuban Missile Crisis , the Vietnam War and the Watergate Affair . At that time the 23rd , 24th , 25th and 26th amendments to the Constitution were discussed and passed.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Elford Cederberg moved to Alexandria , Virginia . There he became a consultant for United Technologies , RCA and Grumman Aircraft . In the late 1990s he moved to The Villages in Florida. He died there on April 17, 2006 at the age of 88.

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personal data
SURNAME	Cederberg, Elford Albin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 6, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bay City , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH	April 17, 2006
Place of death	The Villages , Florida