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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaEdwin Ross ADAIR
(1907-1983)
ADAIR, Edwin Ross, a
Representative from Indiana; born in Albion, Noble County, Ind.,
December 14, 1907; attended grade and high schools in Albion, Ind.;
was graduated from Hillsdale (Mich.) College, A.B., 1928, and from
George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C., LL.B.,
1933; was admitted to the Indiana bar in 1933 and commenced the
practice of law in Fort Wayne, Ind.; probate commissioner of Allen
County, Ind., 1940-1950; during the Second World War was called to
active duty as a second lieutenant in the Quartermaster Corps
Reserve in September 1941 and served until October 1945; elected as
a Republican to the Eighty-second and to the nine succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1971); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress;
ambassador to Ethiopia, 1971-1974; resumed the practice of law in
Ft. Wayne, Ind., where he resided until his death there, May 5,
1983; interment in Greenlawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Ft.
Wayne.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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