Charles C. Diggs Jr.

A Representative from Michigan. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. , December 2, 1922. Attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. , 1940-1942. Attended Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. , 1942. United States Army, 1943-1945. Graduated from Wayne College of Mortuary Science, Detroit, Mich. , 1946. Licensed mortician and board chairman of the House of Diggs, Inc. Attended Detroit College of Law, 1950. Member of the Michigan state senate, 1951-1954. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Congress, reelected to the twelve succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation (January 3, 1955-June 3, 1980). Censured by the U. S. House of Representatives on July 31, 1979, for multiple convictions of mail fraud and payroll fraud. Chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Ninety-third through Ninety-fifth Congresses). Operated a funeral home business in Prince George's County, Md. Died on August 24, 1998, in Washington, D. C. Interment in Detroit Memorial Park East, Warren, Macomb County, Mich.