Jack H. McDonald

Jack H. McDonald
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Michigan's 19th district
In office
January 3, 1967  January 3, 1973
Preceded by Billie S. Farnum
Succeeded by William S. Broomfield
Personal details
Born June 28, 1932
Detroit, Michigan
Political party Republican
Alma mater Wayne State University
Occupation consultant, lobbyist, former politician

Jack H. McDonald (born June 28, 1932) is a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.

McDonald was born in Detroit and was educated in White Lake Township and Detroit. He attended Wayne State University and served as supervisor of census for Wayne County with the Bureau of the Census in 1960. He was elected supervisor of Redford Township in 1961 and 1963, reelected in 1964. He was elected chairman of the Wayne County Board of Supervisors in 1965. He was appointed to Republican Task Force on Urban Affairs in 1967.

In 1966, he was the Republican Party candidate in Michigan's 19th congressional district. He defeated incumbent Democrat Billie S. Farnum to be elected to the 90th Congress and to the two succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1967 to January 3, 1973. In 1972, after redistricting, he ran in the same district as veteran Republican Representative William S. Broomfield. McDonald lost to Broomfield in the Republican primary elections.

After leaving Congress, he became a consultant and lobbyist with law firm Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand. He is a resident of Outer Banks, North Carolina.

References

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Billie S. Farnum
United States Representative for the 19th Congressional District of Michigan
1967 1973
Succeeded by
William S. Broomfield