Raymond F. Clevenger

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Raymond F. Clevenger, 1965

Raymond Francis Clevenger (born June 6, 1926 in Chicago , Illinois , † March 29, 2016 in Ann Arbor , Michigan ) was an American politician . Between 1965 and 1967 he represented the state of Michigan in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Raymond Clevenger attended Oak Park public schools . In 1944, he finished high school. In the final phase of the Second World War , he served between 1944 and 1946 in the Medical Corps , the medical service of the US Army . He then continued his education by studying at Roosevelt University in Chicago and the School of Economics and Political Science in London . After studying law at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and being admitted to the bar in 1952, he started at Sault Ste. Marie to work in his new job.

Politically, Clevenger joined the Democratic Party . Between 1954 and 1964 he was a delegate at their regional party conventions in Michigan. In 1956 he also took part as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where Adlai Stevenson was nominated for the second time as a presidential candidate. From 1958 to 1960 he was a board member of his party in Michigan. At the same time he was also serving as a Court Commissioner in Chippewa County . He was then from 1961 to 1963, among other things, security officer of the state of Michigan.

In the 1964 congressional elections , Clevenger was elected to the eleventh constituency of Michigan in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Victor A. Knox on January 3, 1965 . Since he was not re-elected in 1966, he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1967 , which was marked by the events of the Vietnam War . After retiring from the US House of Representatives, he was named chairman of the Great Lakes Basin Commission by President Lyndon B. Johnson . He held this office between 1967 and 1968; after that he worked as a lawyer again. He last lived in Ann Arbor, where he died in 2016 at the age of 89.

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SURNAME Clevenger, Raymond F.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clevenger, Raymond Francis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 2016
Place of death Ann Arbor , Michigan