FLORIDA

(Population (1930), 1,468,211)

SENATORS

CHARLES O. ANDREWS, Democrat, of Orlando, Fla.; born in Holmes County, Fla., March 7, 1877; educated in the common schools of Florida, South Florida Military Institute, and Florida State Normal School, and later received degree from the University of Florida; commissioned and served as captain Company M, First Regiment, Florida National Guard, 1903-5; volunteered for the Spanish-American War and the World War, served on the civilian draft board in Tallahassee; a secretary of the Florida State Senate, 1905-11; admitted to practice law by Supreme Court of Florida, in 1907; to Federal courts, in 1911; judge of the Criminal Court of Record of Walton County, Fla., 1910-11; assistant attorney general of Florida, 1912-19; circuit judge, seventeenth judicial circuit of Florida, 1919–25; president of the Florida State Bar Association, 1921-22; general counsel of the Florida Real Estate Commission, 1925-28; member of the Florida House of Representatives in 1927; attorney for the city of Orlando, 1926-29; in conjunction with the Cooperative Marketing Bureau, Department of Agriculture, drafted charter, bylaws, and legal set-up of Florida Citrus Growers' Clearing House Association, and was its general counsel and vice president in 1928 and 1929; one of three Florida State Supreme Court commissioners, 1929-32; served as director and member of loan committee of Orange County (Fla.) Farm Loan Association since 1933; member of Citrus Production Credit Association; member of American, Florida State, and Orange County Bar Associations; member of Rotary Club, Masons, Knights of Pythias, Florida University Alumni Association; nominated August 11, 1936, special Democratic primary, and elected to the United States Senate on November 3, 1936, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Park Trammell, for the term ending January 3, 1941; married Miss Margaret Spears, of Tallahassee, and they have three sons; practiced law in Orlando, Fla., since 1932; senior member of the firm of Charles O. Andrews & Son; home address, Orlando, Fla.

CLAUDE PEPPER, Democrat, of Tallahassee, Fla.; born on a farm near Dudleyville, in Chambers County, Ala.. September 8. 1900, son of J. W. and L. C. Pepper; common-school education-Camp Hill, Ala.; taught in Dothan public schools and worked in steel mill at Ensley, Ala., before entering college; served in the United States Army October 7 to December 12, 1918; worked way through college firing a boiler, waiting on tables, and running student mess hall; graduated from the University of Alabama in 1921, and from Harvard Law School in 1924; taught law at the University of Arkansas in 1924 and 1925; engaged in the general practice of law at Perry, Fla., from 1925 until 1930 and at Tallahassee, Fla., from 1930 until elected to the United States Senate; served in the State house of representatives, from Taylor County, session of 1929; member of the State Democratic executive committee, 1928-29, the Florida State Board of Public Welfare, 1931-32, the Florida State Board of Law Examiners in 1933, and the executive council of the Florida State Bar Association in 1934; candidate for the United States Senate in 1934; member of the Baptist Church, the American Legion, the Forty and Eight, the American_Bar Association, and the Florida State Bar Association; Kiwanian; Elk; Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Kappa Alpha; unopposed Democratic nominee in special primary in 1936, and elected to the United States Senate without opposition on November 3, 1936, to succeed the late Duncan U. Fletcher, for the term ending January 3, 1939; married December 29, 1936, to Irene Mildred Webster of St. Petersburg, Fla.

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Charlotte, De Soto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota (14 counties). Population (1930), 390,965.

JAMES HARDIN PETERSON, Democrat, of Lakeland, Polk County, Fla., was born in Batesburg, S. C., February 11, 1894; graduate of Lakeland High School and of the college of law of the University of Florida, receiving LL. B. degree; admitted to the bar in 1914; for a number of years specialized in municipal law; served 16 years as city attorney of Lakeland, and also represented a number

of other cities; for 101⁄2 years was prosecuting attorney and solicitor of the criminal court, Polk County, Fla.; served several terms as chairman of the legislative committee of the Florida League of Municipalities; special counsel for the department of agriculture, State of Florida; served in the Navy during the World War; lieutenant commander, United States Naval Reserve; member of the Masonic lodge, Knight Templar, Ancient and Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Knights of Pythias, D. O. K. K., Navy Club (Fort Myers, Fla.), Army and Navy Club (St. Petersburg, Fla.), United States Naval Reserve Officers Association, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the American Legion; Phi Kappa Phi Honor Fraternity, and Phi Alpha Delta; married and has two children-Anne and J. Hardin, Jr.; elected to the Seventy-third Congress on November 8, 1932; reelected to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses.

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie, Duval, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Madison, Nassau, Suwannee, Taylor, and Union (16 counties). Population (1930), 325,154.

ROBERT ALEXIS (LEX) GREEN, Democrat, of Starke, Fla.; born on farm at New River, Bradford County, Fla., February 10, 1892, the son of William Henry Green and Mary Emma Andreu Green; attended rural school and began teaching at age of 16 years; graduated from Lake Butler High School and received B. S. degree from University of Florida, 1916; high-school principal for many years; holds life State teachers' certificate and was vice president Florida Educational Association, 1918; studied law at Yale University; admitted to bar of all Florida courts and United States Supreme Court; elected member of Mu Omega Pi fraternity; Rotary Club; 1913-15, messenger Florida House of Representatives; 1915-17, assistant chief clerk; 1917-18, chief clerk; 1918-20, member of Florida House of Representatives, nominated and elected without opposition; elected speaker pro tempore Florida House of Representatives, 1918; elected and served as judge of Bradford County, Fla., 1920–24; nominated for Congress, June 1924, having a large majority in each of 16 counties comprising district; elected to Sixty-ninth Congress, carrying each county in general election; renominated without opposition to Seventieth Congress and reelected over Republican opponent by overwhelming majority; renominated without opposition to Seventy-first Congress and reelected by overwhelming majority; reelected to Seventy-second Congress; reelected without opposition to Seventy-third Congress; reelected to Seventyfourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses; married, October 6, 1935, to Miss Bessie Lucile Harris, of Gainesville, Fla.

THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bay, Calhoun, Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jack son Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Wakulla, Walton, and Washington (16 counties) Population (1930), 254,386.

MILLARD F. CALDWELL, Democrat, of Milton, Fla., born February 6, 1897; educated in the public schools and attended Carson and Newman College, University of Mississippi, and the University of Virginia; lawyer; elected a member of the Florida State Legislature in 1928 and in 1930; served as enlisted man and officer during the World War; captain, United States Army Reserves; married Mary Rebecca Harwood; children-Millard F., 3d, Sallie Perkins, Susan Beverly; Member of the Seventy-third Congress, the Seventy-fourth Congress, and the Seventy-fifth Congress.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Broward, Collier, Dade, Indian River, Martin, Monroe, Okeecho bee, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie (9 counties). Population (1930), 254,358.

JAMES MARK WILCOX, Democrat, of West Palm Beach, Fla., was born at Willacoochee, Ga., May 21, 1890, son of Dr. and Mrs. Jeff Wilcox; educated at Emory College; received law degree at Mercer University, and was admitted to the bar June 8, 1910; married Christine Helm at Tampa, Fla., November 25, 1914, and they have two sons, Mark, Jr., born March 18, 1916, and Joe, born August 8, 1918; served as county solicitor of Jeff Davis County, Ga., 1911-18; junior member of the law firm of Conyers & Wilcox, of Brunswick, Ga., 1919-25; moved to West Palm Beach, Fla., April 1, 1925, and has been a member of the firm of Winters, Foskett & Wilcox since that date; served as city attorney of West Palm Beach from June 1, 1928, to March 1, 1933; general counsel for the Florida League of Municipalities; elected to the Seventy-third Congress on November 8, 1932; reelected to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses.

FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Brevard, Citrus, Flagler, Lake, Marion, Orange, Osceola, Putnam, St. Johns, Seminole, Sumter, and Volusia (12 counties). Population (1930), 243,348.

JOE HENDRICKS, Democrat, of De Land, Fla.; born in Lake Butler, Union County, Fla.; raised on a farm and attended the rural grammar schools of Union County; was graduated from the Montverde High School in 1925 and from the John B. Stetson University, at De Land, Fla., with A. B. degree in 1930, and LL. B. degree in 1934; served as attorney for the legal tax survey of the State of Florida in 1934; was admitted to the bar in 1934 and commenced practice in De Land, Fla., in 1935; elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress on November 3, 1936.

GEORGIA

(Population (1930), 2,908,506)

SENATORS

WALTER FRANKLIN GEORGE, Democrat, of Vienna, Ga., was born January 29, 1878; was elected on November 7, 1922, to the Senate vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Thomas E. Watson; reelected on November 2, 1926, and again on November 8, 1932, for the full term ending in 1939; married Lucy Heard, 1903, and has two sons, Heard F. George and Joseph Marcus George.

RICHARD BREVARD RUSSELL, JR., Democrat, of Winder, was born at Winder, Ga., November 2, 1897; graduated from Seventh District Agricultural and Mechanical School, Powder Springs, 1914; from Gordon Institute, 1915; and from the University of Georgia, B. L. degree, 1918; practiced law at Winder, Ga.; member of the American Legion; representative from Barrow County in the General Assembly of Georgia, 1921-31; speaker pro tempore, 1923-26; speaker, 1927-28, 1929-31; member of committee of five to revise the Code of Georgia, 1929; Governor of Georgia, June 27, 1931, to January 10, 1933; chairman of the Georgia delegation to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago in 1932; elected to the United States Senate on November 8, 1932, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the Hon. William J. Harris, and took his seat January 12, 1933, after the expiration of his term as Governor; elected November 3, 1936, to full term, ending January 3, 1943.

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Jenkins, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Montgomery, Screven, Tattnall, Toombs, Treutlen, and Wheeler (18 counties). Population (1930), 328,214.

HUGH PETERSON, Democrat, of Ailey, Ga.; born August 21, 1898, near Ailey, Montgomery County, Ga.; graduated from high school and the Brewton Parker Institute, 1916; attended University of Georgia, 1916-17; farmer; lawyer; editor of the Montgomery Monitor, Mount Vernon, Ga.; Methodist; Mason; member of the American Legion; former mayor of Ailey; member of house of representatives in General Assembly of Georgia from Montgomery County, 1923– 30; chairman, State legislative committee on reorganization, 1931; member of senate in General Assembly of Georgia from fifteenth senatorial district, 1931-32; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934, and reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress; married, June 24, 1930, Miss Patience Elizabeth Russell, of Winder, Ga., and they have one son-Hugh Peterson, Jr., born in Washington, D. C., on July 22, 1935.

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Baker, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas, Tift, and Worth (14 counties). Population (1930), 263,606.

EDWARD EUGENE COX, Democrat, of Camilla, Ga.; son of Stephen E. and Mary (Williams) Cox; lawyer; received literary and law education at Mercer University, graduating in law in 1902; married Roberta Patterson, of Macon, Ga., 1902 (died 1916); two children-Lamar Patterson and Mary Bennet; judge superior courts, Albany circuit, 1912-16; married Grace (Pitts) Hill, of Cordele, Ga., 1918; one child-Gene; elected to Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses.

THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Ben Hill, Chattahoochee, Clay, Crisp, Dodge, Dooly, Harris, Houston, Lee, Macon, Marion, Muscogee, Peach, Pulaski, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Taylor, Terrell, Turner, Webster, and Wilcox (24 counties). Population (1930), 339,870.

STEPHEN PACE, Democrat, of Americus, Ga.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Butts, Carroll, Clayton, Coweta, Fayette, Heard, Henry, Lamar, Meriwether, Newton, Pike, Spalding, Talbot, Troup, and Upson (15 counties). Population (1930), 261,234.

EMMETT MARSHALL OWEN, Democrat, of Griffin, Ga.

FIFTH DISTRICT.--COUNTIES: De Kalb, Fulton, and Rockdale (3 counties). Population (1930), 414,313.

ROBERT RAMSPECK, Democrat, born in Decatur, Ga., September 5, 1890; educated in public schools of Decatur and Griffin, Ga., and at Donald Fraser School in Decatur; received bachelor of law degree at Atlanta Law School, 1920; served as chief clerk, House Post Office, 1911; secretary to Hon. William Schley Howard, Member of Congress, 1912; deputy United States marshal, northern district of Georgia, 1914-16; chief deputy United States marshal, 1917-19; solicitor, city court of Decatur, 1923-27; city attorney of Decatur, 1927-29; represented De Kalb County in General Assembly of Georgia, 1929; married Miss Nobie Clay in 1916; has two children-Dorothy and Betty Lynn; elected to the Seventy-first Congress October 2, 1929, to fill unexpired term of Hon. Leslie J. Steele, deceased; reelected to the Seventysecond, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses; secretary, Democratic caucas, Seventy-fifth Congress; member Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Baldwin, Bibb, Bleckley, Crawford, Glascock, Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Laurens, Monroe, Putnam, Twiggs, Washington, and Wilkinson (16 counties). Population (1930), 281,437.

CARL VINSON, Democrat, of Milledgeville, was born November 18, 1883 in Baldwin County; educated at the Georgia Military College at Milledgeville Ga.; graduated from Mercer University Law School in 1902; commenced the practice of law the same year in Milledgeville; solicitor (prosecuting attorney) for Baldwin County, Ga., 3 years; served two terms (1909-12) in the General Assembly of Georgia; speaker pro tempore during the term 1911-12; judge of the county court of Baldwin County 2 years; married; elected November 3, 1914, to the Sixty-third Congress to fill an unexpired term; reelected to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses from the Tenth District; reelected to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses from the new Sixth District.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cobb, Dade, Douglas, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield (14 counties). Population (1930), 270,112.

MALCOLM CONNOR TARVER, Democrat, of Dalton, was educated in the common schools of Whitfield County, Ga., McLellan High School, Dalton, Ga., and Mercer Law School, Macon, Ga.; admitted to the bar June 8, 1904; practiced law at Dalton since that date, with exception of period of service on the bench; elected to lower house of Georgia General Assembly, 1908; reelected, 1910; elected to Georgia State Senate, 1912; elected judge, superior courts, Cherokee circuit, Georgia, 1916; reelected 1920 and 1924; wife, Jewell Colclough Tarver; one son-Malcolm Connor Tarver, Jr.; is member of Methodist Episcopal Church, South; Mason, Odd Fellow, member of Junior Order United American Mechanics, and several other fraternal organizations; elected to the Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley,Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Glynn, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Lanier, Lowndes,Pierce,Telfair, Ware, and Wayne (20 counties). Population (1930), 241,957.

BRASWELL DRUE DEEN, Democrat, of Alma, Ga.; born June 28, 1893, on a farm in Appling County, Ga., son of Samuel Lee and Mary Victoria Deen, and was the eldest of 10 children; educated in the public schools of Appling County, Baxley High School, and South Georgia College, McRae, Ga.; graduated from Emory University in 1922 with B. P. H. degree; taught school in Appling County for 2 years and was county superintendent of schools in that county for 11⁄2 years, resigning this position to enter service in the World War; being underweight, he enlisted as a Y. M. C. A. secretary at Fort Caswell, N. C.; married Miss Corinne Smith, of Lawrenceville, Ga., on July 1, 1918, and they have three children-Mildred Louise, Braswell, Jr., and Walter George Deen; superintendent of Tennille city schools, 1922-24; president of South Georgia Junior College, McRae, Ga., 1924-27; engaged in farming and real-estate development in 1927-28; entered the publishing business in 1928; editor and proprietor of the Alma Times, a weekly newspaper at Alma, Ga.; member of county Democratic executive committee, 1928-32; president of the local bank for 3 years; nominated for the Seventy-third Congress on September 14, 1932, receiving 15,612 votes; Hon. W. C. Lankford, Democrat and incumbent, 10,552; was elected in the general election on November 8, receiving 20,021 votes, and defeating Dr. H. J. Carswell, Republican, who received 912 votes; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934, and to the Seventy-fifth Congress on November 3, 1936.

NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Banks, Barrow, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hall, Jackson, Lumpkin, Pickens, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, and White (18 counties). Population (1930), 218,496.

B. FRANK WHELCHEL, Democrat, of Gainesville, Hall County, Ga., was born in Lumpkin County on December 16, 1895; attended the public schools and the Gainesville High School; studied law at Gainesville, Ga., was admitted to the bar in 1925, and commenced practice in Gainesville; married in 1917 to Miss Bess Jones-two children; elected judge of the city court of Hall County, Ga., in April 1932, and served until elected to Congress; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934; reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress on November 3, 1936.

TENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Hart, Lincoln, Madison, McDuffie, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Richmond, Taliaferro, Walton, Warren, and Wilkes (17 counties). Population (1930), 289,267.

PAUL BROWN, Democrat, of Elberton, Ga., was born in Hart County, Ga., graduate of University of Georgia; lawyer and farmer; represented Oglethorpe County in General Assembly of Georgia 1907-8; delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1932; member of Methodist Church; married Miss Frances Lewis Arnold on October 21, 1914; two children-Robert Thomas and Frances Rosalyn Brown; elected to the Seventy-third Congress at a special election held on July 5, 1933, to fill the unexpired term caused by death of Hon. Charles H. Brand, and reelected to Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses without opposition.

IDAHO
(Population (1930), 445,031)
SENATORS

WILLIAM EDGAR BORAH, Republican, of Boise, was born June 29, 1865; in Wayne County, Ill.; was educated in the common schools of Wayne County, at the Southern Illinois Academy, Enfield, Ill., and at the Kansas State University, Lawrence; was admitted to practice law September 1890 at Lyons, Kans., and devoted his entire time exclusively to the practice of law until elected to the United States Senate January 15, 1907; reelected January 14, 1913, November 5, 1918, November 4, 1924, November 4, 1930, and November 3, 1936.