Donald J. Mitchell
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 31st district |
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In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander Pirnie |
| Succeeded by | David O'Brien Martin |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the Herkimer County district |
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In office January 1, 1965 – December 31, 1965 |
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| Preceded by | Leo A. Lawrence |
| Succeeded by | District abolished |
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In office January 1, 1966 – December 31, 1966 |
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| Preceded by | new district |
| Succeeded by | Louis H. Folmer |
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In office January 1, 1967 – November 7, 1972 |
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| Preceded by | Harvey M. Lifset |
| Succeeded by | K. Daniel Haley |
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May 8, 1923 Ilion, New York |
| Died | September 27, 2003 (aged 80) Little Falls, New York |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Margaretta "Gretta" Mitchell (née: Margaretta Wilson LeVee) - m. 1945–2003, his death |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | Hobart College / Columbia Univ. |
| Occupation | elected official / optometrist |
| Religion | Methodist |
Donald Jerome Mitchell (May 8, 1923 – September 27, 2003) represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1983.
Donald J. "Don" Mitchell, a native of Central Upstate New York's Mohawk Valley, with ancestral family roots tracing back to the American Revolution, was born in Ilion, New York, in 1923.
The oldest child of Donald G. Mitchell and Winnifred Packard Mitchell of Herkimer, New York, he attended the Herkimer Public School System, graduating in 1940 from Herkimer High School, which had been founded in 1899.
In 1945, after returning home from his military service during World War II, Mitchell married Margaretta "Gretta" Wilson LeVee, the daughter of E. Allen LeVee and Margaret Tinker LeVee, of Little Falls, New York.
Married for over 57 years at the time of the Congressman's death in 2003, the Mitchells had three children — Gretchen, Cynthia, and Allen — and two grandchildren, Susan and Lisa.
During World War II, Mitchell served as a carrier-based fighter pilot in the United States Navy from 1942 until 1945. An avid pilot in private life, Dr. Mitchell re-enlisted in the Navy in 1951, and served as a Naval Flight Instructor in Pensacola, Florida, from 1951–1953, during the Korean War.
Following his military service in World War II, Mitchell completed a bachelor's degree in Optometry at Hobart College in 1949, and earned a master's degree from Columbia University in 1950. In the early 1950s he founded an optometry practice in Herkimer, New York.
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