Title: Words and actions
Description: In 1974 Dick VanderVeen made national news when he became the first Democrat from Grand Rapids, Michigan, elected to Congress in 60 years.  The victory had historic consequences for the country as it definitively shifted the balance on Watergate--
Subjects: United States, United States. Congress. House, Lawyers, Biography, Lawyers, biography, Lawyers, michigan, Legislators, united states, Watergate affair, 1972-1974
Places: Michigan, Grand Rapids
People: Richard VanderVeen (1922-2006)