William Pittenger
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William Alvin Pittenger was a Representative from Minnesota's 8th congressional district; born on a farm near Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana, December 29, 1885; attended rural schools; was graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, in 1909, and from Harvard Law School in 1912; was admitted to the bar in 1912 and commenced practice in Duluth, Minnesota; member of the State house of representatives 1917–1920; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-first and Seventy-second Congresses (March 4, 1929–March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932 to the Seventy-third Congress; resumed the practice of law in Duluth, Minnesota; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1936 to the Seventy-fifth Congress; elected to the Seventy-sixth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939–January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Duluth, Minnesota, November 26, 1951; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.
| Preceded by William Carss |
U.S. Representative from the 8th Congressional District of Minnesota 1929 – 1933 |
Succeeded by Ernest Lundeen |
| Preceded by Ernest Lundeen |
U.S. Representative from the 8th Congressional District of Minnesota 1935 – 1937 |
Succeeded by John Bernard |
| Preceded by John Bernard |
U.S. Representative from the 8th Congressional District of Minnesota 1939 – 1947 |
Succeeded by John Blatnik |
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