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{{Short description|American politician (1918–2006)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Al Cederberg
| image name          = Al Cederberg.png
| state               = [[Michigan]]
| district            = [[Michigan's 10th congressional district|10th]]
| term_start          = January 3, 1953
| term_end            = December 31, 1978
| preceded            = [[Roy O. Woodruff]]
| succeeded           = [[Donald J. Albosta]]
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| birth_name          = Elford Albin Cederberg
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1918|3|6}}
| birth_place         = [[Bay City, Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2006|4|17|1918|3|6}}
| death_place         = [[The Villages, Florida]], U.S.
| spouse              = 
| religion            = 
| occupation          = 
| residence           = 
| alma_mater          = Bay City Junior College
}}
'''Elford Albin "Al" Cederberg''' (March 6, 1918 – April 17, 2006) was a [[politician]] from the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snaccooperative.org/view/23692409   |title =  Cederberg, Elford A. (Elford Albin), 1918–2006|website= snaccooperative.org |access-date=April 1, 2020}}</ref>

==Biography==
Cederberg was born to dairy farmers Albin and Helen (Olson) Cederberg in [[Bay City, Michigan]]; his father and maternal grandparents were immigrants from [[Sweden]].<ref>{{citation |url= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZSW-WJR |title= United States Census, 1920 |website= [[FamilySearch]] |access-date=March 19, 2018 }}</ref> He attended public schools and Bay City Junior College from 1935 to 1937.

He entered the [[United States Army]] in April 1941, was commissioned as [[Second Lieutenant#United States|second lieutenant]] in July 1942, became a [[Captain (United States)|captain]] in 1943, and was assigned to the [[83rd Infantry Division (United States)|83rd Infantry Division]]. He participated in the [[Normandy invasion]], and fought in [[France]] and [[Germany]] during [[World War II]]. He was decorated with five campaign battle stars and the [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]]. After the war, he was manager of Nelson Manufacturing Company of Bay City from 1946 to 1952, and was mayor of Bay City from 1949 to 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daily-journal.com/obituaries/daily-obituary-list-for/article_37a75eb5-7c8d-555c-a911-5af43b1f9119.html |title =  Elford Albin Cederberg|website= Daily Journal|date=   April 21, 2006|access-date=April 1, 2020}}</ref>

In 1950, Cederberg unsuccessfully challenged incumbent [[Roy O. Woodruff]] in the [[U.S. Republican Party|Republican Party]] primary election for the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] in [[Michigan's 10th congressional district]]. Woodruff did not seek the nomination in 1952 and Cederberg won the Republican primary. He went on to win the general election to the [[83rd United States Congress|83rd Congress]] and was subsequently re-elected to the twelve succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1953, until his resignation December 31, 1978. Cederberg voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957|Civil Rights Acts of 1957]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/h42|title=HR 6127. Civil Rights Act of 1957|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref> [[Civil Rights Act of 1960|1960]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/86-1960/h102|title=HR 8601. Passage.}}</ref> [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|1964]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h128|title=H.R. 7152. Passage}}</ref> and [[Civil Rights Act of 1968|1968]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113|title=To pass H.R. 2516, A Bill To Establish Penalties For Interference With Civil Rights. Interference With A Person Engaged In One Of The 8 Activities Protected Under This Bill Must Be Racially Motivated To Incur The Bill's Penalties}}</ref> as well as the [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]] and the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/h193|title=S.J. Res. 29. Constitutional Amendment to Ban the Use of Poll Tax as a Requirement for Voting in Federal Elections |work=GovTrack.us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/h87|title=To Pass H.R. 6400, The 1965 Voting Rights Act}}</ref> He became the ranking minority member of the [[United States House Committee on Appropriations|House Appropriations Committee]]. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1978 to the [[96th United States Congress|96th Congress]], losing to [[U.S. Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Donald J. Albosta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=  https://voteview.com/person/1610/elford-albin-cederberg 
|title =  Cederberg, Elford Albin (1918–2006)|website=     UCLA Political Science Division |access-date=April 1, 2020}}</ref>

==Personal life==
After the end of his term in Congress, Cederberg lived in [[Alexandria, Virginia]] and was a consultant for [[United Technologies]], [[RCA Corporation|RCA]], and [[Grumman Aircraft]]. He moved to Florida in the late 1990s. Cederberg died of heart and kidney ailments in [[The Villages, Florida]] at the age of 88 and was interred in Elm Lawn Cemetery of Bay City. He was survived by two children from his first marriage; Tom Cederberg and Marilyn Warner. His first marriage to Arlene Munro Cederberg (1916–2001) ended in divorce. His second wife, Marguerite Kletchka Cederberg, whom he married in 1958, died in March 2006.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/washingtonpost/obituary.aspx?n=elford-a-cederberg-al&pid=17492255|title =  Cederberg, Elford A.|newspaper= The Washington Post|date=   April 20, 2006|access-date=April 1, 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{CongBio|C000263}} Retrieved on 2008-04-07
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#0HW01II8E Political Graveyard]
* {{Find a Grave}}
* {{Internet Archive film clip|id=gov.archives.arc.95903|description="Longines Chronoscope with Elford A. Cederbergm (SIC)"}}
* {{cite news |title=E.A. 'Al' Cederberg; 13-Term Mich. Congressman, Consultant |newspaper =The Washington Post |pages=B07 |date=2006-04-20 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/19/AR2006041902690.html |access-date=2007-03-22}}
* {{cite web
  |last=Camp
  |first=Dave
  |author-link=David Lee Camp
  |title=Tribute to the Late Representative Elrod (sic) Albin Cederberg (Extensions of Remarks - May 3, 2006)
  |work=Congressional Record
  |publisher=The Library of Congress
  |date=May 3, 2006
  |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r109:FLD001:E50700
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212004118/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r109:FLD001:E50700
  |url-status=dead
  |archive-date=December 12, 2012
  |access-date=2007-03-22
  }}
* {{cite web
  |last=Dingell
  |first=John
  |author-link=John Dingell
  |title=Paying Tribute to Elford Albin Cederberg (Extensions of Remarks – May 3, 2006)
  |work=Congressional Record
  |publisher=The Library of Congress
  |date=May 3, 2006
  |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r109:FLD001:E50701
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121213104436/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r109:FLD001:E50701
  |url-status=dead
  |archive-date=December 13, 2012
  |access-date=2007-03-22
  }}
* {{cite web
  |last=Kildee
  |first=Dale E.
  |author-link=Dale Kildee
  |title=Tribute to Congressman Al Cederberg (Extensions of Remarks – May 3, 2006)
  |work=Congressional Record
  |publisher=The Library of Congress
  |date=May 3, 2006
  |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r109:FLD001:E50700
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121212004118/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r109:FLD001:E50700
  |url-status=dead
  |archive-date=December 12, 2012
  |access-date=2007-03-22
  }}

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{{succession box |before=[[Charles R. Jonas]] |title=Ranking Member of the [[United States House Committee on Appropriations|House Appropriations Committee]]|years=1973 – 1978 |after= [[Silvio O. Conte]]}}
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