Robert John McIntosh (September 16, 1922 – March 22, 2008) was an attorney, pilot, and politician from the

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. McIntosh was born in Port Huron, Michigan and graduated from Port Huron High School in 1940. He attended Michigan State University,

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from 1940 to 1944. He received a J.D. from the

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in 1948, and in the same year was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Port Huron. McIntosh served in the

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from 1942 to 1945 and was assigned to the Eighth Air Force in

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as a fighter pilot. He served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Saint Clair County from 1949 to 1951 and as postmaster at Port Huron from October 1, 1953, to February 4, 1955. McIntosh was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). In 1956, McIntosh was elected as a

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from

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to the

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, serving from January 3, 1957, to January 3, 1959. McIntosh did not vote on the Civil Rights Act of 1957. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 and again in 1960, being defeated both times by

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James G. O'Hara. In 1963, McIntosh served as chairman of the Michigan State Public Service Commission. He also served as executive assistant to

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from 1964 to 1965 and as director of the Michigan Department of Commerce in 1966. He resumed the practice of law and was a resident of Port Huron, Michigan, and

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. McIntosh died in Fort Gratiot, Michigan, on March 22, 2008. He was buried at Lakeside Cemetery in Port Huron.

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Robert J. McIntosh
at The Political Graveyard {{DEFAULTSORT:McIntosh, Robert J. 1922 births 2008 deaths People from Port Huron, Michigan Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Michigan Michigan postmasters 20th-century American legislators Michigan lawyers Michigan State University alumni University of Michigan Law School alumni Military personnel from Michigan United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II 20th-century American lawyers

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