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LEVIN, Carl (1934-2021)

Democrat of Michigan

0th congressional district

Served in Senate 1979-2014

@SenCarlLevin

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Biography

a Senator from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 28, 1934; attended Detroit public schools; graduated, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., 1956; graduated, Harvard Law School 1959; admitted to the Michigan bar in 1959 and commenced practice in Detroit; assistant attorney general and general counsel for the Michigan civil rights commission 1964-1967; special assistant attorney general for the State of Michigan and chief appellate defender for the city of Detroit 1968-1969; member, Detroit city council 1969-1973; president, Detroit city council 1974-1977; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1978; reelected in 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, and again in 2008, and served from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 2015; chair, Committee on Armed Services (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]; One Hundred Tenth to One Hundred Thirteenth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection in 2014; was a resident of Detroit, Mich., until his death on July 29, 2021; interment in Clover Hill Park Cemetery, Birmingham, Mich.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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