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South Dakota Senate seat
A news junkie friend of mine sent me the following:
In 1936, Mundt was the Republican candidate for the House of Representatives in South Dakota's First District, losing to Fred H. Hildebrandt ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_H._Hildebrandt ). He won the seat in the 1938 election and was re-elected four times. In 1948, he was elected to the Senate seat previously held by Harlan J. Bushfield ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_J._Bushfield ). He resigned his House seat on December 30, 1948, after being appointed to the Senate to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Senator Vera C. Bushfield ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_C._Bushfield ), who had succeeded her husband after his death in September 1948. Subsequently, he was reelected to the Senate in 1954, 1960 and 1966. After suffering a severe stroke ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke ) in 1969, he remained in office through the end of his term on January 3, 1973, but was unable to attend sessions of Congress and was stripped of his committee assignments by the Senate Republican Conference in 1972. He did not seek reelection in 1972. He was succeeded in the Senate by James Abourezk ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Abourezk ).
In 1936, Mundt was the Republican candidate for the House of Representatives in South Dakota's First District, losing to Fred H. Hildebrandt ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_H._Hildebrandt ). He won the seat in the 1938 election and was re-elected four times. In 1948, he was elected to the Senate seat previously held by Harlan J. Bushfield ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_J._Bushfield ). He resigned his House seat on December 30, 1948, after being appointed to the Senate to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Senator Vera C. Bushfield ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera_C._Bushfield ), who had succeeded her husband after his death in September 1948. Subsequently, he was reelected to the Senate in 1954, 1960 and 1966. After suffering a severe stroke ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stroke ) in 1969, he remained in office through the end of his term on January 3, 1973, but was unable to attend sessions of Congress and was stripped of his committee assignments by the Senate Republican Conference in 1972. He did not seek reelection in 1972. He was succeeded in the Senate by James Abourezk ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Abourezk ).
// posted by Alice @ 12/14/2006 10:01:00 AM 
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