On the recordJune 29, 2010
I rise with considerable sadness to announce the death of a good friend of most of us in this body. Our former colleague and friend, Congressman Marvin Esch of Ann Arbor has died. He was 82. Mr. Esch served in the Michigan State House of Representatives from 1965 to 1966. He was then elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he represented Ann Arbor and southeastern Michigan through about 1976. In 1976, he made an unsuccessful bid for the United States Senate, losing to our friend and colleague Donald Riegle in the general election. Mr. Esch was a veteran of both the U.S. Maritime Service and the United States Army. He was indeed proud of helping his constituents to navigate the problems that they were having with the Federal Government, especially widows and veterans, as his family takes pride in saying. In Congress, he pushed for an accelerated end to the Vietnam War, and he worked to create an all-volunteer military.
