1. Kit Francis Clardy was an American politician from the US state of Michigan.
12 Facts About Kit Clardy
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Kit Clardy was known as Michigan's McCarthy, referring to his affinity for the controversial anti-communist US Senator Joseph McCarthy.
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Kit Clardy attended schools in Butler, Kansas City, and Liberty, and the William Jewell College in Liberty.
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Kit Clardy graduated from the University of Michigan Law School at Ann Arbor in 1925 and was admitted to the bar in the same year.
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In 1950, Clardy lost to incumbent William W Blackney in the Republican primary contest for the US House of Representatives for Michigan's 6th congressional district.
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In 1952, Kit Clardy won the Republican nomination after Blackney's retirement, and went on to defeat Democrat Donald Hayworth in the general election.
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Kit Clardy served a single term in the 83rd Congress, from January 3,1953 until January 3,1955.
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Kit Clardy conducted HUAC hearings in November 1953 in Lansing, Michigan, in which the committee subpoenaed University of Michigan mathematics instructor Chandler Davis, pharmacology professor Mark Nickerson, and zoology professor Clement Markert.
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Kit Clardy was defeated in the general election by Hayworth in 1954.
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In 1956, Clardy lost the Republican primary to Charles E Chamberlain, who went on to defeat Hayworth in the general election.
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In 1956 Kit Clardy moved to Palos Verdes Estates, California, where he resided until his death there in 1961.
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Kit Clardy is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California.