George Meader (September 13, 1907 – October 15, 1994) was a Republican politician from the US state of
Michigan
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Early life
Meader was born on September 13, 1907, in
Benton Harbor, Michigan
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, and attended the public schools of various cities in Michigan. He was a student at
Ohio Wesleyan University from 1923 to 1925 and graduated from the
University of Michigan
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in 1927 and from the
University of Michigan Law School
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,
J.D. in 1931. He was admitted to the
bar in 1932.
Career
Meader commenced the practice of law in
Ann Arbor. He served as prosecuting attorney of
Washtenaw County from 1941 to 1943. He was assistant counsel to the
United States Senate
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special committee investigating the national defense program from July 1, 1943, to October 1, 1945, and chief counsel from October 1, 1945, to July 15, 1947. He practiced law from 1948 to 1950 and was chief counsel of the United States Senate Banking and Currency subcommittee investigating the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1950.
In 1948, Meader made an unsuccessful run to defeat incumbent
U.S. Representative
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Earl C. Michener
Earl Cory Michener (November 30, 1876 – July 4, 1957) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Michener had German American, German ancestry. He was born near Attica, Ohio, Attica in Seneca County, Ohio. He moved with his parents to A ...
in the
Republican
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primary election. In 1950, after Michener retired, Meader won both the Republican primary and the general election to be elected from
Michigan's 2nd congressional district
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to the
82nd United States Congress. He was subsequently re-elected to the six succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1951, to January 3, 1965. Meader voted in favor of the
Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the
24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
but voted against the
Civil Rights Acts of 1960 and
1964
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In 1964, Meader lost the general election to
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Weston E. Vivian.
In 1966, he lost in the Republican primary to
Marvin L. Esch, who went on to defeat Vivian in the general election. He then served as associate counsel on the
Joint Committee on the Organization of the Congress from March 1965 to April 1967 and chief counsel until September 1968.
Meader resumed the private practice of law and served as staff counsel of the
Joint Committee on Congressional Operations
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from 1971 to 1975. He was a resident of Washington, D.C., until his death.
He was a member of
Kiwanis
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.
Personal life
Meader died on October 15, 1994, in Ann Arbor. He was buried at
Forest Hill Cemetery in Ann Arbor.
References
The Political Graveyard
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1907 births
1994 deaths
People from Benton Harbor, Michigan
University of Michigan Law School alumni
Michigan lawyers
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan
20th-century American politicians
20th-century American lawyers