Robert J. Huber
| Robert J. Huber | |
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| United States Representative from Michigan's 18th congressional district | |
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In office January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
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| Preceded by | William S. Broomfield |
| Succeeded by | James J. Blanchard |
| Michigan State Senator from Oakland County | |
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In office 1965–1970 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Robert James Huber August 29, 1922 Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Died | April 23, 2001 (aged 78) Troy, Michigan |
| Resting place | Memory Gardens Cemetery in Hope, Arkansas |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Pauline "Polly" Tolleson Huber (married 1952-2001, his death) |
| Children | No children |
| Alma mater |
University of Detroit |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
University of Detroit
Culver Military Academy
Robert James "Bob" Huber (August 29, 1922 – April 23, 2001) was a Republican politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Huber was born in Detroit, where he completed public school. He attended the University of Detroit Jesuit High School from 1935 to 1937 and graduated from Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana, in 1939. In 1943, he received a Bachelor of Science from the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Huber served in the United States Army from 1943 to 1946. Huber was a banker-businessman. From 1959 to 1964, he was the mayor of Troy, Michigan. He also served simultaneously from 1959 to 1963 on the board of supervisors of suburban Oakland County. He was a member of the Michigan Senate from 1965 to 1970.
Huber was elected from Michigan's 18th congressional district to the 93rd United States Congress, having served from January 3, 1973, to January 3, 1975. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974, the year of Watergate, having been defeated by the future Democratic Governor of Michigan, James J. Blanchard. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate from Michigan in 1970, 1976, 1982, and 1988, having been defeated each time by Lenore Romney, Marvin L. Esch, Philip Ruppe, and James Whitney Dunn, respectively. Lenore Romney was then defeated by the Democrat Philip A. Hart; Esch, Ruppe, and Dunn then lost to the Democrat Donald W. Riegle, Jr.
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