Clark MacGregor

Clark MacGregor (July 12, 1922 – February 10, 2003) was a Republican U.S. Representative from Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District for five terms from 1961 to 1971.

Clark MacGregor
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Minnesota's 3rd district
In office
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971
Preceded byRoy Wier
Succeeded byBill Frenzel

After his time in Congress, he worked as a senior assistant to President Richard Nixon, including as chairman of the president’s successful 1972 re-election campaign.

Life and career

MacGregor was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College in 1944 and the University of Minnesota Law School in 1946.

Congress

He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1960, defeating six-term Democratic incumbent Roy Wier, and served in the 87th, 88th, 89th, 90th, and 91st congresses, January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971.

In 1963, MacGregor appeared in a satirical revue by Dudley Riggs' Brave New Workshop.[1] He was a delegate to the 1964 and 1968 Republican National Convention from Minnesota. He was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Senator from Minnesota in 1970, running against former Democratic Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

Nixon White House

MacGregor was Assistant to Richard Nixon for congressional relations in 1970, Counsel to the President on congressional relations (1971–1972), Chairman of the Committee to Re-elect the President (July to November 1972) following John Mitchell's resignation from the position in the Watergate political scandal.

Later career and death

After 1973, he left politics. He continued to live in Washington, D.C., worked for United Technologies Corporation, and was on the boards of the National Symphony Orchestra and the Wolf Trap Foundation.[2]

He died in 2003.

References
  1. Moses, George (1963-07-23). "Congressman's Barbs Make a Hit". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 8. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  2. Saxon, Wolfgang (2003-02-14). "Clark MacGregor, 80, Leader Of Nixon Campaign in 1972". New York Times. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Wheelock Whitney Jr.		 Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Minnesota
(Class 1)
1970		 Succeeded by
Gerald Brekke
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Roy Wier		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Minnesota's 3rd congressional district
1961–1971		 Succeeded by
Bill Frenzel
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