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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MinnesotaGeorge Edward MacKINNON
(1906-1995)
MacKINNON, George Edward,
a Representative from Minnesota; born in St. Paul, Ramsey County,
Minn., April 22, 1906; attended the University of Colorado,
Boulder, Colo., 1923-1924; L.L.B., University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minn., 1929; lawyer, private practice; member of the
Minnesota state house of representatives, 1935-1942; United States
Navy, 1942-1946; elected as a Republican to the Eightieth Congress
(January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection to the Eighty-first Congress in 1948; United States
attorney for the district of Minnesota, 1953-1958; unsuccessful
candidate for governor of Minnesota in 1958; special assistant,
United States Department of Justice, 1960-1961; judge, United
States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 1969-1995;
presiding judge, United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Court of Review, 1979-1982; member, United States Sentencing
Commission, 1985-1991; died on May 1, 1995, in Potomac, Md.;
interment in Union Cemetery, Long Lake, Minn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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