MILLER, Candice S., a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., on May 7, 1954; graduated from Lakeshore High School, St. Clair Shores, Mich.; attended Macomb County…
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DIGGS, Charles Coles, Jr., a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., December 2, 1922; attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1940-1942; atteneded…
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PELL, Herbert Claiborne, Jr., (great-grandson of John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne, great-great-grandnephew of William Charles Cole Claiborne and Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne, and father of…
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