CEDERBERG, Elford Albin (1918-2006)

Republican of Michigan

10th congressional district

Served in House 1953-1978

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Biography

Representative from Michigan; born in Bay City, Bay County, Mich., March 6, 1918; attended the public schools and Bay City Junior College 1935-1937; entered the United States Army in April 1941, commissioned a second lieutenant in July 1942, a captain in 1943, and assigned to the Eighty-third Infantry; participated in the Normandy invasion and fought in France and Germany; manager of Nelson Manufacturing Co., Bay City, Mich., 1946-1952; mayor of Bay City 1949-1953; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third and to the twelve succeeding Congresses until his resignation on December 31, 1978 (January 3, 1953-December 31, 1978); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978; died on April 17, 2006, in The Villages, Fla.; interment at Elm Lawn Cemetery, Bay City, Mich.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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