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    Martha Wright Griffiths (January 29, 1912 – April 22, 2003) was an American lawyer and judge before being elected to the United States House of Representatives...
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    increasing support, and, after being reintroduced by Representative Martha Griffiths in 1971, it was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on October...
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    Jr. of Virginia State Constitutional officers Lieutenant Governor Martha Griffiths of Michigan State Senator Anna Belle Clement O'Brien of Tennessee Lieutenant...
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    (1955–1957) August E. Johansen (R) Donald Hayworth (D) Charles Diggs (D) Martha Griffiths (D) John Dingell (D) 85th (1957–1959) Charles E. Chamber­lain (R) Robert...
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    convention Martha Griffiths 1 vote in national convention Patricia Harris 1 vote in national convention Eleanor McGovern 1 vote in national convention Martha Mitchell...
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    leader. After the House approved its version under the leadership of Martha Griffiths of Michigan, the Senate easily passed Bayh's ERA in March 1972, sending...
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    shade a statement, and I never heard him utter an unkind word", said Martha Griffiths. The trust the American public had in him was rapidly and severely...
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  •  1000 and introduced by Representative Martha Griffiths, a Democrat representing Michigan's 17th district. Griffiths, along with Edith Green (a Democrat...
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    1960s and 1970s renewed support for the amendment. U.S. Representative Martha Griffiths of Michigan reintroduced it in 1971, leading to its approval by the...
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    professional poker player, Shelby Township Dick Enberg, sportscaster, Armada Martha Griffiths, Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (1983–1991), Armada Alex Groesbeck...
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    African-born English countess Martha Griffiths (1912–2003), American lawyer and judge Martha Griggs (born 1953), Canadian equestrian Martha Grimes (born 1931),...
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    Bentsen, Hale Boggs, John Brademas, Frank Church, Thomas Eagleton, Martha Griffiths, John Melcher, Ralph Metcalfe, William Proxmire, Leonor Sullivan Vacant...
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    Lucien Nedzi MI-14 Yea William D. Ford MI-15 Yea John Dingell MI-16 Yea Martha Griffiths MI-17 Yea William Broomfield MI-18 Yea Jack H. McDonald MI-19 Yea Al...
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    joking and sincerely supported the amendment. Along with Representative Martha Griffiths, he was the amendment's chief spokesperson. For 20 years, Smith had...
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    Carl Albert, Lloyd Bentsen, Hale Boggs, John Brademas, Frank Church, Martha Griffiths, John Melcher, Ralph Metcalfe, William Proxmire, Leonor Sullivan Vacant...
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    of Michigan In office January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1991 Lieutenant Martha Griffiths Preceded by William Milliken Succeeded by John Engler Member of the...
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    Albert, Lloyd Bentsen, John Brademas, Frank Church, Thomas Eagleton, Martha Griffiths, John Melcher, Ralph Metcalfe, William Proxmire, Leonor Sullivan Vacant...
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    Albert, Hale Boggs, John Brademas, Frank Church, Thomas Eagleton, Martha Griffiths, John Melcher, Ralph Metcalfe, William Proxmire, Leonor Sullivan Vacant...
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    and was reelected in 1972, from a district in Detroit. In 1974, Martha W. Griffiths, Democratic incumbent for Michigan's 17th District to the United...
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    Bentsen, John Brademas, Hale Boggs, Frank Church, Thomas Eagleton, Martha Griffiths, John Melcher, Ralph Metcalfe, William Proxmire, Leonor Sullivan Vacant...
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    Parade. Dick Enberg, sports announcer; attended high school in Armada Martha Griffiths, 59th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan; lived and died in Armada Ben...
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    January 1, 1983 – January 1, 1991 (lost election) Democratic 1982 Martha Griffiths 1986 46 John Engler (b. 1948) January 1, 1991 – January 1, 2003 (term-limited)...
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  • Peverill Squire is the Hicks and Martha Griffiths Chair in American Political Institutions at the University of Missouri, a political scientist well known...
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    Bentsen, Hale Boggs, John Brademas, Frank Church, Thomas Eagleton, Martha Griffiths, John Melcher, Ralph Metcalfe, Leonor Sullivan Vacant Title next held...
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    he sincerely supported the amendment and along with Representative Martha Griffiths was the chief spokesperson for the amendment. For 20 years, Smith had...
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    Martha Ellis Gellhorn (8 November 1908 – 15 February 1998) was an American novelist, travel writer, and journalist who is considered one of the great war...
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    with the law firm Griffiths, Williams and Griffiths from 1936 to 1941. Law firm partners included Hicks Griffiths and Martha Griffiths, later elected a...
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    push for health insurance reform in 1974. In January, representatives Martha Griffiths and James C. Corman introduced the Health Security Act, a universal...
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    congressional district 1975–1979 Succeeded by Julian Dixon Preceded by Martha Griffiths Chair of the House Beauty Shop Committee 1975–1979 Position abolished...
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    Rowe Colom, chairperson of the National Women's Political Caucus; Martha Griffiths, the first woman elected to Congress from Michigan; Lenore Hershey...
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