William F. McLaughlin

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William F. McLaughlin was an American Republican politician .

Career

McLaughlin was a resident of St. Clair Shores and Northville, Michigan . He ran in a constituency in Macomb County in 1962 as a candidate for election to the Michigan House of Representatives. Both in 1964 in San Francisco and in 1972 in Miami Beach , he was a member of the Michigan delegation to the Republican National Convention . He was vice chairman of the Republican Party of Michigan in 1965 and was later elected chairman. He held this office from 1969 to 1979.

In 1976 McLaughlin sharply criticized Ronald Reagan's campaign for votes from supporters of the conservative wing of the Democrats in the Republican presidential primaries. He accused Reagan, who then challenged Michigan-based President Gerald Ford internally, of using this procedure to bring about the destruction of the two-party system and the Republican Party. In fact, however, Reagan's strategy ultimately turned out to be the cornerstone of his election victory four years later, when he was able to win back the White House for the Republicans, not least with the help of the Reagan Democrats , after Ford lost it to the Democrat Jimmy Carter in 1976 .

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  1. ^ Time Magazine, May 17, 1976 , accessed online August 6, 2008
personal data
SURNAME McLaughlin, William F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician (Republican)
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century or 20th century