Clark MacGregor

Clark MacGregor ( born July 12, 1922 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, † February 10, 2003 in Pompano Beach, Florida ) was an American politician. Between 1961 and 1971 he represented the state of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

After the Washburn High School in Minneapolis Clark MacGregor attended until 1946 Dartmouth College in Hanover (New Hampshire). Subsequently, he studied until 1948 at the University of Minnesota law. During the Second World War he had interrupted his education to serve as a soldier of the U.S. Army. He worked for the Army intelligence OSS. After qualifying as a lawyer MacGregor worked in this profession.

Politically, he was a member of the Republican Party. In the years 1964 and 1968 he was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions. In the congressional elections of 1960 he was in the third electoral district of Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Roy Wier on January 3, 1961. After four elections he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1971 five contiguous legislatures. In this time of war in Vietnam and the culmination of the civil rights movement fell. In addition, at the time of the 23, the 24 and the 25th Amendment in Congress were adopted.

1970 MacGregor abandoned a renewed bid for the U.S. House of Representatives. Instead, he ran for a seat in the U.S. Senate. He was defeated by former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. In 1970, MacGregor was a member of the senior staff of President Richard Nixon and responsible for relations between the President and Congress. Between July and November 1972, he headed the Committee for the Re-election of President Nixon. But he was apparently not involved in the Watergate scandal.

In the years after 1972, Clark MacGregor withdrew from politics. He worked as a private businessman and died on 10 February 2003 in Pompano Beach.

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