Donald H. Magnuson

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Donald Hammer Magnuson (March 7, 1911 - October 5, 1979) was a U.S. Representative from Washington.

Born on a farm near Freeman, Washington, Magnuson attended the public schools and Spokane University from 1926 to 1928. He was graduated from the University of Washington at Seattle in 1931. After graduation worked as a harvester and then as a riveter in an aircraft factory. Newspaper reporter for the Daily Olympian and Seattle Times from 1934 to 1952.

Magnuson was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1963). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress. He was employed by Department of Interior from 1963 to 1969, and by Department of Labor from 1969 to 1973. Resided in Seattle, where he died October 5, 1979. He was interred in Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park.

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• Donald H. Magnuson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress