John Abner Race

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John Abner Race (May 12, 1914–November 9, 1983) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1965-1967 serving on the House Committee of Interior and Insular Affairs. He came to Congress on the coattails of Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 when the Democrats gained a net of 36 seats. He was defeated for reelection to the United States Congress in 1966 by William A. Steiger and also defeated in his run for the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1970.

He was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and graduated from Fond du Lac High School and attended the University of Wisconsin School for Workers. Race was in the machine tool industry, and was involved in the labor union, serving as chairman of the bargaining and grievance committee of Local Lodge 1420 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. He was heavily involved with local units of the Democratic Party. He died in Fond du Lac and is interred at the Estabrooks Cemetery, Fond du Lac, WI.

[edit] Sources & external links

• John Abner Race at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Wisconsin Blue Book 1966
• The Fighting Machinists, A Century of Struggle, by Robert G. Rodden
• United States House elections, 1964

Preceded by William Van Pelt

United States Representative for the 6th Congressional District of Wisconsin 1965 - 1967

Succeeded by William A. Steiger