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unusual facts about Andrew Biemiller


Andrew Biemiller

In 1944 he was elected as a Democrat (Biemiller had abandoned both the Socialist Party and the Progressives by then) to the 79th Congress from the Milwaukee-based Wisconsin's 5th congressional districtRepublican incumbent Lewis D. Thill, with 88,606 votes to Thill's 78,834, Socialist former Assemblyman Edwin Knappe's 4,758, and 2,103 for Independent Progressive Irwin Aaron.



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Toronto streetcar system

The group was led by professor Andrew Biemiller and transit advocate Steve Munro, and had the support of city councillors William Kilbourn and Paul Pickett, and urban advocate Jane Jacobs.