Aime Forand
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Aime Joseph Forand was a U.S.
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 Democratic
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 politician
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He was born in Fall River, Massachusetts
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. He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives
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 from Rhode Island
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 in 1936 and served from January 3, 1937 to January 3, 1939, having lost his re-election campaign in 1938. He sought election to the House in 1940 and won, and won re-election nine subsequent times, serving from January 3, 1941 to January 3, 1961. He died in Boca Raton, Florida
Boca Raton, Florida
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