John B. Bennett
John Bonifas Bennett (
January 10 ,1904 -August 9 ,1964 ) was apolitician from theU.S. state ofMichigan .Bennett was born in
Garden, Michigan , attended the public schools there and graduated from Watersmeet High School. He graduated fromMarquette University Law School in 1925, and took apost-graduate course at theUniversity of Chicago Law School in 1926.He was admitted to the
Wisconsin bar in 1925 and to the Michigan bar in 1926. He practicedlaw inOntonagon, Michigan , from 1926 through 1942. He wasprosecuting attorney of Ontonagon County 1929-1934 and the deputy commissioner of the MichiganDepartment of Labor and Industry 1935-1937.Bennett was unsuccessful in his first two attempts for a seat in the
United States House of Representatives , losing in 1938 and 1940 to incumbent DemocratFrank E. Hook . In 1942, Bennett defeated Hook and was elected as a Republican fromMichigan's 12th congressional district to the 78th Congress, serving fromJanuary 3 1943 toJanuary 3 1945 .In 1944, Bennett lost the election to Hook, but defeated Hook again in 1946 for election to the 80th Congress. He was subsequently re-elected to the eight succeeding Congresses, serving from
January 3 1947 , until his death inChevy Chase, Maryland in August 1964.In Congress, Bennett was a moderate Republican who mostly opposed civil rights bills, but finally voted for the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 shortly before his death at age 60.He is interred in Gate of Heaven Cemetery,
Silver Spring, Maryland .References
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bennett5.html#R9M0IPA8Z The Political Graveyard]
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