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Levin, Carl, 1934-2021

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Personal name headingLevin, Carl, 1934-2021
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Birth date1934-06-28
Death date2021-07-29
Place of birthDetroit (Mich.)
Place of deathDetroit (Mich.)
AffiliationSwarthmore College
Harvard Law School
United States. Congress. Senate
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLegislators
Found inNUCMC data from Wayne State Univ. Walter P. Reuther Lib. for National Organization for Women. Downriver Chapter (Mich.). Records, 1971-1988 (Hon. Carl Levin, correspondent)
Bio. dir. Am. congress, 1774-1989 (Levin, Carl (brother of Sander Martin Levin), senator from Mich.; party: Democrat; b. Detroit, Mich., Jun. 28, 1934; grad., Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., 1956; grad., Harvard Law School, 1959; elect. 1978 to U.S. Senate for term commencing Jan. 3, 1979)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed July 30, 2021 (Levin, Carl, (Brother of Sander Martin Levin), a Senator from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., June 28, 1934; attended Detroit public schools; graduated, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa., 1956; graduated, Harvard Law School 1959; admitted to the Michigan bar in 1959 and commenced practice in Detroit; assistant attorney general and general counsel for the Michigan civil rights commission 1964-1967; special assistant attorney general for the State of Michigan and chief appellate defender for the city of Detroit 1968-1969; member, Detroit city council 1969-1973; president, Detroit city council 1974-1977; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1978; reelected in 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, and again in 2008, and served from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 2015; chair, Committee on Armed Services (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]; One Hundred Tenth to One Hundred Thirteenth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection in 2014; was a resident of Detroit, Mich., until his death on July 29, 2021)
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