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Black Congressman Conyers to challenge for House speaker
Detroit Democrat John Conyers announces a bid to challenge Speaker designate Carl Albert as party leaders discuss new leadership. Conyers frames it as a liberal push against conservative control and the Mississippi delegation’s seating dispute.
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Washington
John Conyers
Detroit
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
House
Conyers
Albert
Mississippi
William M. Colmer
Jamie Whitten
Thomas G. Abernathy
G. V. Montgomery
Charles H. Grifin
John McCormack
D-Okla
Morris K. Udall
Arizona
O'Hara
Silk
Hays
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Boggs
Hale
Senate