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Omar D. Conger
Representative, 1869 - 1881
The first representative in
Congress from St. Clair county was Omar
D. Conger, who was elected to the forty-first congress, beginning in
1869, and who was re-elected to the succeeding six congresses. After
being elected as representative in 1880, he was elected United
States Senator in 1881, serving in that capacity one term, from 1881 to
1887,
the only time in which this county has been honored in that office.
The
other representatives from the district in which St. Clair county
has
been are as follows: |
Source: St. Clair County, Michigan, its history and its people; a
narrative account of its historical progress and its principal
interests,, Jenks, William Lee, 1856-1936, pgs. 441. |