Incoming GOP Freshman Tom Barrett celebrated the bipartisanship from members of Congress after he was able to take over the same office his great grandfather occupied nearly a century ago.
Earlier this week, the Republican — who flipped Michigan’s 7th Congressional District seat left open from Democrat Elissa Slotkin — sent out a letter to his new colleagues ahead of the freshmen lottery held in Congress that determines a new Representative’s office space, The Hill reported.
“I’ve shared with several of you that my great-grandfather, Louis Rabaut from Michigan, served here in Congress and was first elected 90 years ago in 1934,” the letter from Barrett, posted on social media, read.
“He died in office in 1961, long before I was born, so I never had the opportunity to meet him or ask him about his time in Congress, but his legacy is something my whole family is very proud…
