Michigan freshman pol Tom Barrett lobbies for — and will get — the Home workplace as soon as occupied by his great-granddad

Rep.-elect Tom Barrett (R-Mich.) will actually be following in his great-grandfather’s footsteps come January, after efficiently securing the Home workplace house as soon as occupied by his congressman ancestor. 

Barrett, who flipped Michigan’s seventh Congressional District pink on Election Day, handed round a letter Thursday asking fellow incoming Home freshmen to depart room 1232 in Longworth Home Workplace Constructing obtainable for him to pick out when his flip the workspace lottery got here up. 

They did. 

“We got it!” Barrett wrote on X. “Appreciate everyone who followed along and showed their support.” 

“Thank you to my Freshman colleagues, Republicans AND Democrats, who were kind enough to allow me to select the office once occupied by my great grandfather,” he added. 

Barrett, 43, defined in his “personal request” that his great-grandfather occupied three totally different Capitol workplaces throughout his 24 years representing Michigan in Congress, and that it will imply a terrific deal to him to work in one of many areas as soon as occupied by his late great-granddad. 

“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,” Barrett wrote in his letter.

“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 of. In fact, my youngest son, Louis, is named after my great-grandfather.” 

“While in Congress he occupied three different offices, all on the same floor in the Longworth building, and if one or more of them become available I would deeply appreciate it if you afford me the opportunity to select one of them,” he added. 

Barrett famous that his “first preference” was the workplace Rabaut occupied “when he sponsored his most memorable piece of legislation, which added ‘under God’ to our Pledge of Allegiance in 1954.” 

“I understand and respect the office lottery process, and ultimately the decision will be yours to select your office when your turn becomes available,” Barrett continued, whereas noting, “Perhaps 90 years from now one of your descendants will be asking their colleagues to hold your office available for them to occupy.” 

Longworth 1232 is at the moment utilized by Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa), however the congressman is transferring to a unique workplace, as members have the prospect to improve to a brand new house each two years, in accordance with the Washington Examiner. 

Barrett, who drew quantity 14 within the workplace house lottery, was in a position to snag his great-grandfather’s outdated digs after the 13 incoming lawmakers forward of him didn’t declare Longworth 1232, the outlet reported.