Earl Cory Michener (November 30, 1876 – July 4, 1957) was a politician from the

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. Michener had German ancestry. He was born near

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in Seneca County, Ohio. He moved with his parents to Adrian, Michigan in 1889 and attended the public schools there. During the

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, he served in the

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as a private in Company B, Thirty-first Regiment, Michigan Volunteer Infantry, from April 26, 1898 to May 17, 1899. He studied law at the

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at Ann Arbor in 1901 and 1902, and graduated from the law department of Columbian University (now

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, in 1903 where he was a member of

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fraternity. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Adrian. He served as assistant prosecuting attorney for

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from 1907 to 1910 and prosecuting attorney from 1911 to 1914. Earl C

In 1918, Michener defeated incumbent Democrat Samuel W. Beakes to be elected as a

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from Michigan's 2nd congressional district to the 69th United States Congress. He was subsequently re-elected to the following six Congresses, serving from March 4, 1919 to March 3, 1933. In 1926, he was one of the managers appointed by the

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to conduct the impeachment proceedings against George W. English, judge of the

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. Michener was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932, losing to Democrat John C. Lehr. Two years later he defeated Lehr, to be elected to

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and was subsequently re-elected to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1935 to January 3, 1951. He served as chairman of the

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in the

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, and introduced the resolution that ultimately became the Twenty-second Amendment. He was not a candidate for re-election in 1950. Earl C. Michener maintained law offices in Adrian, until his death there. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

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