district death_date successor death_place birth_place religion party term_end preceded birth_date term_start image article_title state name occupation alma_mater
2nd 15 october 1994 wes e. vivian washington , d.c. benton harbor , michigan christian republican party january 3 , 1965 earl c. michener september 13 , 1907 january 3 , 1951 george meader , bw photo portrait.jpg george meader
 michigan george meader lawyer ohio law school wesleyan university university of michigan university of michigan
george meader

george meader -lrb- september 13 , 1907 -- october 15 , 1994 -rrb- was a republican politician from the us state of michigan .
meader was born in benton harbor , michigan and attended the public schools of various cities in michigan .
he was a student at ohio wesleyan university from 1923 to 1925 and graduated from the university of michigan , a.b. in 1927 and from the university of michigan law school , j.d. in 1931 .
he was admitted to the bar in 1932 and commenced the practice of law in ann arbor .
he served as prosecuting attorney of washtenaw county from 1941 to 1943 .
he was assistant counsel to the united states senate special committee investigating the national defense program from july 1 , 1943 to october 1 , 1945 , and chief counsel from october 1 , 1945 to july 15 , 1947 .
he practiced law from 1948 to 1950 and was chief counsel of the united states senate banking and currency subcommittee investigating the reconstruction finance corporation in 1950 .
in 1948 , meader made an unsuccessful run to defeat incumbent u.s. representative earl c. michener in the republican primary election .
in 1950 , after michener retired , meader won both the republican primary and the general election to be elected from michigan 's 2nd congressional district to the 82nd united states congress .
he was subsequently re-elected to the six succeeding congresses , serving from january 3 , 1951 to january 3 , 1965 .
in 1964 , meader lost the general election to democrat wes e. vivian .
in 1966 , he lost in the republican primary to marvin l. esch , who went on to defeat vivian in the general election .
he then served as associate counsel on the joint committee on the organization of the congress from march 1965 to april 1967 and chief counsel until september 1968 .
meader resumed private practice of law and served as staff counsel of the joint committee on congressional operations from 1971 to 1975 .
he was a resident of washington , d.c. until his death .
he was a member of kiwanis .
