Russell Vernon Mack (June 13, 1891 – March 28, 1960) served as a member of the

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representing Washington State's 3rd District from 1947 to 1960. He was born in 1891, in

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. Mack moved to

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in 1895. Mack was educated at

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in California, and then at the

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in Seattle. Mack served as a

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in the Thirty-ninth Field Artillery, Thirteenth Division, during

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. 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 and has a scholarship named after him. Mack voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and

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1891 births 1960 deaths United States Army personnel of World War I American newspaper reporters and correspondents Stanford University alumni University of Washington alumni United States Army officers 20th-century American newspaper publishers (people) 20th-century American politicians People from Aberdeen, Washington People from Hillman, Michigan Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Washington (state) Military personnel from Michigan {{Washington-politician-stub

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