Edward Hutchinson

A Representative from Michigan. Born in Fennville, Allegan County, Mich. , October 13, 1914. Graduated from Fennville High School in 1932, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1936, and from the law school of the same university in 1938. Was admitted to the bar in 1938 and began the practice of law in Allegan, Mich. Enlisted as a private in the United States Army in January 1941, served as a noncommissioned officer in the Fourteenth Coast Artillery, as a captain in the Transportation Corps, and was discharged in April 1946. Elected to the State house of representatives in 1946 and 1948. Served as State senator, 1951-1960. A delegate to the 1948 Republican National Convention. Chairman of the Republican State convention in April 1952. Delegate and vice president, Michigan Constitutional convention, in 1961 and 1962. Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1977). Was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress. Was a resident of Fennville, Mich. , until his death in Naples, Fla. , on July 22, 1985. Interment in Fennville Cemetery, Fennville, Mich.