Facts: - death place: washington , d.c. - preceded: fred b. norman - term: july 7 , 1947 -- march 28 , 1960 - party: republican - death date: 28 march 1960 - district: 3rd - succeeded: julia butler hansen - birth date: 13 july 1891 - state: washington - name: russell v. mack - birth place: hillman , michigan Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of russell v. mack .
russell vernon mack -lrb- july 13 , 1891 -- march 28 , 1960 -rrb- served as a member of the united states house of representatives representing washington state 's 3rd district from 1947 to 1960 .he was born in 1891 , in hillman , michigan .mack moved to aberdeen , washington in 1895 .mack was educated at stanford university in california , and then at the university of washington in seattle .mack served as a corporal in the thirty-ninth field artillery , thirteenth division , during world war i. before serving in congress , mack worked in journalism in the grays harbor area , first at the '' aberdeen daily world '' from 1913 to 1934 , then as the owner and publisher of the '' hoquiam daily washingtonian '' from 1934 to 1950 .mack was the last republican to serve the 3rd district , until linda smith was elected in 1994 .mack died on the floor of the u.s. house of representatives on march 28 , 1960 , of cardiac arrest and has a scholarship named after him .