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Hugh Burnton Mitchell

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Hugh Burnton Mitchell Famous memorial

Birth
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA
Death
10 Jun 1996 (aged 89)
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
Burial
Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown Add to Map
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U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. Educated at Dartmouth College New Hampshire, he then relocated and was an editorial reporter on the Everett Newspaper in Everett, Washington, (1929 to 1933). He served as executive assistant to U.S. Senator Monrad C. Wallgren, (1933 to 1945). On January 10, 1945, he was appointed as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Monrad C. Wallgren, serving until December 25, 1946. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he engaged in economic research and public relations. In 1949, he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses, serving until 1953. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he was an owner of a transportation and manufacturing business. He also was the chairman, on the Committee for Washington State Tax Reform.
U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator. Educated at Dartmouth College New Hampshire, he then relocated and was an editorial reporter on the Everett Newspaper in Everett, Washington, (1929 to 1933). He served as executive assistant to U.S. Senator Monrad C. Wallgren, (1933 to 1945). On January 10, 1945, he was appointed as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Monrad C. Wallgren, serving until December 25, 1946. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he engaged in economic research and public relations. In 1949, he was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses, serving until 1953. Not a candidate for re-nomination, he was an owner of a transportation and manufacturing business. He also was the chairman, on the Committee for Washington State Tax Reform.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith



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