"Washington Congressman" Russell V. Mack Signed TLS Dated 1951 Todd Mueller COA

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"Washington Congressman" Russell V. Mack Hand Signed TLS Dated 1951.
This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.
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Russell Vernon Mack
(June 13, 1891 – March 28, 1960) served as a member of the
United States House of Representatives
representing Washington State's 3rd District from 1947 to 1960. He was born in 1891, in
Hillman, Michigan
. Mack moved to
Aberdeen, Washington
in 1895. Mack was educated at
Stanford University
in California, and then at the
University of Washington
in Seattle. Mack served as a
corporal
in the Thirty-ninth Field Artillery,
Thirteenth Division
, during
World War I
. Before serving in Congress, Mack worked in journalism in the Grays Harbor area, first at the
Aberdeen Daily World
from 1913 to 1934, then as the owner and publisher of the
Hoquiam Daily Washingtonian
from 1934 to 1950. Mack was the last Republican to serve the 3rd district, until
Linda Smith
was elected in 1994. Mack died on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on March 28, 1960, of cardiac arrest
[1]
and has a scholarship named after him. Mack voted in favor of the
Civil Rights Acts of 1957
and
1960
.