Carl Pursell

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Carl Pursell

| image name = Carl Pursell.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|12|19}}

| birth_place = Imlay City, Michigan, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|06|11|1932|12|19}}

| death_place = Plymouth, Michigan, U.S.

| state1 = Michigan

| district1 = 2nd

| term1 = January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993

| preceded1 = Marvin L. Esch

| succeeded1 = Pete Hoekstra

|state_senate2 = Michigan

|district2 = 14th

|preceded2 = George W. Kuhn

|succeeded2 = R. Robert Geake

| term2 = 1971–1977

| party = Republican

| spouse = Peggy

| children = 3

}}

Carl Duane Pursell (December 19, 1932 – June 11, 2009) was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 2nd congressional district from 1977 to 1993. He was a member of the Republican Party.

Biography

He was born in Imlay City, Michigan and graduated from Plymouth High School, Plymouth, Michigan, in 1951. He worked in his father's business and served in the United States Army from 1957 to 1959. In 1957 and 1961, he earned degrees from Eastern Michigan University, where he was also a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity.[http://www.tkeomega.com/famous.html Tkeomega.com]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He received an alumnus achievement award in 1974 and a distinguished alumnus award in 1990.[http://www.emich.edu/alumni/awards/aaformerachievement.html Emich.edu] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924081525/http://www.emich.edu/alumni/awards/aaformerachievement.html |date=September 24, 2006 }}[http://www.emich.edu/alumni/awards/aaformerdistinguished.html Emich.edu] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924081547/http://www.emich.edu/alumni/awards/aaformerdistinguished.html |date=September 24, 2006 }}

In 1969, Pursell ran successfully for a seat as Wayne County Commissioner. He left this position in 1971, after being elected from the 14th district to the Michigan Senate, serving from 1971 to 1977. Pursell was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 2nd congressional district to the United States House of Representatives. He served in the 95th Congress and to the seven succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1977, until his retiring from Congress on January 3, 1993. A moderate, he served as ranking member of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Education.

Pursell served as regent of Eastern Michigan University from 1993 to 1999.[http://www.emich.edu/univcomm/regents/borhistory.html Emich.edu] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923162235/http://www.emich.edu/univcomm/regents/borhistory.html |date=September 23, 2006 }} He died at his home at the age of 76.[http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2009/06/former_gop_congressman_carl_pu.html Mlive.com]