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Breitung, Edward

capitalist, legislator, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 10, 1831, in Germany. He engaged in business at Negaunee, Mich., as a capitalist and land speculator, and in iron mining. In 1872 he was elected a representative in the state legislature for the term of two years; was state senator in 1877-78; and was elected mayor of Negaunee in 1878-80, and 1882. He elected a representative from Michigan to the forty-eighth congress as a republican. He died March 3, 1887. was

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