Andrew Jackson Transue was a politician

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 from the U.S. state

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 of Michigan

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Transue was born in Clarksville, Michigan

Clarksville, Michigan

Clarksville is a village in Ionia County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 394. The village is within Campbell Township...

 and attended the local schools. He graduated from the Detroit College of Law, LL.B., 1926 and J.D.

Juris Doctor

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, 1968. He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1926 and commenced the practice of law in Detroit

Detroit, Michigan

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 in 1926 and Flint, Michigan

Flint, Michigan

Flint is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is located along the Flint River, northwest of Detroit. The U.S. Census Bureau reports the 2010 population to be placed at 102,434, making Flint the seventh largest city in Michigan. It is the county seat of Genesee County which lies in the...

 in 1927. He also served as prosecuting attorney of Genesee County

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 in 1933 and 1937.

In 1936, Transue defeated incumbent Republican William W. Blackney

William W. Blackney

William Wallace Blackney was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Blackney was born in Clio, Michigan, and attended the public schools there. He went to Olivet College, Olivet, Michigan, and Ferris School in Big Rapids. He moved to Flint, in 1904 and served as county clerk of Genesee...

 to be elected as a Democrat

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 from Michigan's 6th congressional district

Michigan's 6th congressional district

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 to the 75th United States Congress

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, serving from January 3, 1937 to January 3, 1939. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938, losing to Blackney.

Andrew Transue resumed the practice of law after leaving Congress and was a resident of Flint until his death.