- William Broomfield
Infobox_Congressman
name=William Broomfield
state=Michigan
district=18th and 19th
term=1957–1993
preceded=
succeeded=None (District obsolete)
date of birth=Birth date and age|1922|4|28|mf=y
place of birth=Royal Oak, Michigan
date of death=
place of death=
spouse=
profession=Real Estate, Politician
religion=
party=Republican Party|William S. Broomfield, or Bill Broomfield, (born
April 28 ,1922 ) is a retired politician from theU.S. state ofMichigan .Early life
Broomfield was born in
Royal Oak, Michigan . He graduated from high school in 1940 and attended Michigan State College (nowMichigan State University ) at East Lansing. During theSecond World War , he served in theUnited States Army Air Corps . After the war, he engaged in the real-estate and property-management business.Political career
Broomfield was a member of the
Michigan State House of Representatives , 1949–1954, serving as speaker pro tempore in 1953. He served in theMichigan State Senate in 1955 and 1956.In 1956, Broomfield was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 18th District to the
United States House of Representatives for the 85th and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses, serving fromJanuary 3 ,1957 toJanuary 3 ,1993 . Due to redistricting following U.S. Censuses, Broomfield served the 19th District, 1973–1983 and the 18th District, 1983–1993. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the 103rd Congress. The 18th District was discontinued following the 1990 census and for the most part redistricted as the 11th which electedJoe Knollenberg in 1992.During his tenure in Congress, Broomfield served as a member of the
U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs and was ranking member from 1975 until his retirement in 1992.Retirement
After retirement, Broomfield started a foundation in Michigan that supports various charities in southeast Michigan, including the efforts to cure
cancer ,spina bifida (his granddaughter born in 1989 was diagnosed with spina bifida),Alzheimer's , and theSalvation Army . He is a resident ofLake Orion, Michigan and currently resides inKensington, Maryland .In September 2000, Congress designated the Royal Oak Post Office at 200 West 2nd Street in
Royal Oak, Michigan as the "William S. Broomfield Post Office Building".On
December 30 ,2006 , Broomfield collapsed at the state funeral memorial for former U.S. President Gerald Ford at theUnited States Capitol , bringing the ceremonies to a temporary pause. He was first attended to bySenate Majority Leader Bill Frist , aphysician and cardiac surgeon. The reason given for the collapse was exhaustion. [http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/12/30/D8MBH10O0.html] He was later removed to the Capitol's Office of the Attending Physician in a wheelchair for treatment, where a reported team of seven physicians attended to the former Congressman, who had a weak pulse.External links
* [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c106:h.r.4884.enr: H.R. 4884 renaming post office for Broomfield]
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