Robert John McIntosh was a politician and pilot from the U.S. state

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 of Michigan

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McIntosh was born in Port Huron, Michigan

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 and graduated from Port Huron High School in 1940. He attended Michigan State University

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, East Lansing from 1940 to 1944. He received a J.D.

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 from the University of Michigan Law School

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 in 1948, and in the same year was admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Port Huron.

McIntosh served in the United States Air Force

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 from 1942 to 1945 and was assigned to the Eighth Air Force in England

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 as a fighter pilot. He served as assistant prosecuting attorney of Saint Clair County from 1949 to 1951 and as postmaster

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 at Port Huron from October 1, 1953, to February 4, 1955.

In 1956, McIntosh was elected as a Republican

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 from Michigan's 7th congressional district

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 to the 85th United States Congress

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, serving from January 3, 1957 to January 3, 1959. He was and unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 and again in 1960, being defeated both times by Democrat James G. O'Hara

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In 1963, McIntosh served as chairman of the Michigan State Public Service Commission. He also served as executive assistant to Michigan Governor

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 George W. Romney

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 from 1964 to 1965 and as director of the Michigan Department of Commerce in 1966. He resumed the practice of law and was a resident of Port Huron, Michigan and Vero Beach, Florida

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