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EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.-NEW YORK COUNTY: That portion bounded as follows-Beginning at the East River and East Sixty-third Street, thence westerly along East Sixty-third Street to Third Avenue, along Third Avenue to East Seventy-third Street, along East Seventy-third Street to Lexington Avenue, along Lexington Avenue to East Ninety-ninth Street, along East Ninety-ninth Street to the East River, and along the East River to East Sixty-third Street, the point or place of beginning. Population (1930), 144,945.

MARTIN J. KENNEDY, Democrat, of New York City; born in New York City on August 29, 1892; Mr. Kennedy served as chairman of the local school board from 1918 to 1924; elected a State senator at a special election held in January 1924; was reelected in the fall of 1924, 1926, and 1928; Member of Congress since 1930; New York address, 230 Park Avenue; insurance broker.

NINETEENTH DISTRICT.-NEW YORK COUNTY: That portion bounded as follows-Beginning at the North River and the west end of West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street, east across Riverside Park to West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street, to Fifth Avenue, south and across Mount Morris Park to Fifth Avenue, to East One Hundred and Sixteenth Street, east to Madison Avenue, south to East One Hundred and Tenth Street, west to Fifth Avenue, south to East Ninety-ninth Street, west across Central Park to West Ninety-ninth Street and Central Park West, south to West Eighty-sixth Street, west to the North River, and to the point of beginning. Population (1930), 259,334. SOL BLOOM, Democrat, of New York City; born in Pekin, Ill., March 9, 1870, real estate and construction business; director, United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission; Director General of the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission; honorary member of Veterans of Foreign_Wars; member and director of many clubs and institutions; thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner; Elks; Moose; Red Men; and I. O. B. B.; is married and has one daughter, Vera Bloom; elected to the Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses, and reelected to Seventy-fifth Congress by 50,000 majority.

TWENTIETH DISTRICT.-NEW YORK COUNTY: Randalls Island, Wards Island, and that portion of the county bounded as follows-Beginning at Fifth Avenue and East One Hundred and Twentieth Street, to Park Avenue, south to East One Hundred and Eighteenth Street, east to Second Avenue, south to East One Hundred and Seventeenth Street, east to the East River, to East Ninety-ninth Street west to Fifth Avenue, north to East One Hundred and Tenth Street, east to Madison Avenue, north to East One Hundred and Sixteenth Street, west to Fifth Avenue, north to East One Hundred and Twentieth Street, the place of beginning. Population (1930), 150,523.

JAMES J. LANZETTA, Democrat, of New York City; single; born December 21, 1894, in New York City; attended New York City public schools; graduate of Stuyvesant High School, 1913; Columbia University, 1917, with degree of mechanical engineer; Fordham University, school of law, 1924, with degree of bachelor of laws; admitted to the bar of the State of New York, January 1925; engaged in the practice of law in New York City; served in the United States Army during the World War, from September 1917 to July 1919, with the Three Hundred and Second Regiment Engineers and First Air Service Mechanics Regiment and was overseas from February 1918 to July 1919; member of the board of aldermen of New York City from January 1932 to March 1933; elected to the Seventythird Congress; elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress.

TWENTY-FIRST DISTRICT.-NEW YORK COUNTY: That portion beginning at the intersection o Fifth Avenue and West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street, and running thence westerly along West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street to the Hudson River, and thence along the Hudson River to Spuyten Duyvil Creek, thence through Spuyten Duyvil Creek and the Harlem River and along the boundary line between New York and Bronx Counties to Eighth Avenue, thence southerly along Eighth Avenue to West One Hundred and Forty-fifth Street, along West One Hundred and Fortyfifth Street to the Harlem River, and along the Harlem River to Fifth Avenue, and along Fifth Avenue to West One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street, the point or place of beginning. Population (1930), 381,212.

JOSEPH A. GAVAGAN, Democrat, New York City; lawyer; member of the Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses.

TWENTY-SECOND DISTRICT.-BRONX COUNTY: North Brothers Island, Rikers Island, South Brothers Island, and that portion of the county bounded as follows-Beginning at Jerome Avenue and the Harlem River, thence along Jerome Avenue to East One Hundred and Sixty-first Street, along East One Hundred and Sixty-first Street to Melrose Avenue, along Melrose Avenue to East One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Street, along East One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Street to Third Avenue, along Third Avenue to East One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Street, along East One Hundred and Fiftysixth Street to St. Anns Avenue, along St. Anns Avenue to East One Hundred and Forty-ninth Street, along East One Hundred and Forty-ninth Street to the East River, thence along the East River, Bronx Kills, and the Harlem River to Jerome Avenue, the place of beginning. NEW YORK COUNTY: Beginning at the Harlem River and East One Hundred and Seventeenth Street and thence westerly along East One Hundred and Seventeenth Street to Second Avenue, along Second Avenue to East One Hundred and Eighteenth Street, along East One Hundred and Eighteenth Street to Park Avenue, along Park Avenue to East One Hundred and Twentieth Street, along East One Hundred and Twentieth Street to Fifth Avenue, thence through Mount Morris Park and along Fifth Avenue to the Harlem River, and along the Harlem River to West One Hundred and Forty-fifth Street, along West One Hundred and Forty-fifth Street to Eighth Avenue, along Eighth Avenue to the Harlem River, thence along the Harlem River to East One Hundred and Seventeenth Street, the place of beginning. Population (1930), 210,138.

EDWARD W.CURLEY, Democrat; address, 276 St. Anns Avenue, Bronx, New York City, N. Y., was born in Easton, Pa.; graduate of public school no. 39, and attended College of the City of New York; married; formerly engaged in building industry for 25 years; was president of the Stanley Hoist & Machine Co., New York City (dealers in builders' and contractors' machinery and equipment); was elected member of the board of aldermen of the city of New York in the year 1915 and served continuously for 10 consecutive terms from January 1, 1916, up to November 5, 1935; was elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress at a special election held on November 5, 1935, and reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress at the general election held November 3, 1936.

TWENTY-THIRD DISTRICT.-BRONX COUNTY: That portion beginning at the Harlem River and
Jerome Avenue, thence along Jerome Avenue to East One Hundred and Sixty-first Street, along East
One Hundred and Sixty-first Street to Meirose Avenue, along Melrose Avenue to East One Hundred
and Fifty-seventh Street, along East One Hundred and Fifty-seventh Street to Third Avenue, along
Third Avenue to East One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Street, along East One Hundred and Fifty-sixth
Street to St. Anns Avenue, along St. Anns Avenue to East One Hundred and Forty-ninth Street, along
East One Hundred and Forty-ninth Street to Prospect Avenue, along Prospect Avenue to Freeman
Street, along Freeman Street to Southern Boulevard, along Southern Boulevard to Pelham Avenue,
along Pelham Avenue to Bronx River, along the Bronx River to the city line, along the city line to the
Hudson River, along the Hudson River to Spuyten Duyvil Creek, thence through Spuyten Duyvil
Creek to the Harlem River, and along the line separating New York and Bronx Counties to Jerome
Avenue, the point or place of beginning. Population (1930), 688,454.

CHARLES A. BUCKLEY, Democrat, of the Bronx, was born in New York City, June 23, 1890; was educated in the schools of the Bronx; married, and has two children; engaged in business in New York City for 20 years as a builder and contractor; elected for three terms to the board of aldermen of New York City, 1918-23; resigned in his third term to accept appointment as State tax appraiser for the State of New York, serving 51⁄2 years; appointed city chamberlain of the city of New York on January 3, 1929, and served until his resignation on October 8, 1933; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934; reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress on November 3, 1936, receiving 200,400 votes, Isaac F. Becker, Republican, receiving 50,751 votes.

TWENTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.-Bronx County: City Island, Harts Island, High Island, Hunters Island, Middle Reef Island, Rat Island, Twin Island, The Bluezes, and Chimney Sweep, and that portion of the county bounded as follows-Beginning at the boundary line between the city of New York and the city of Mount Vernon, along said boundary line to Long Island Sound, along Long Island Sound to the East River, to One Hundred and Forty-ninth Street, along East One Hundred and Fortyninth Street to Prospect Avenue, along Prospect Avenue to Freeman Street, along Freeman Street to Southern Boulevard, along Southern Boulevard to Pelham Avenue, along Pelham Avenue to the Bronx River, along the Bronx River to the boundary line between the city of New York and the city of Mount Vernon, the place of beginning. WESTCHESTER COUNTY: Cities of Yonkers and Mount Vernon and the towns of Eastchester and Pelham. Population (1930), 672,121.

JAMES M. FITZPATRICK, Democrat, of New York City (Bronx); was born in West Stockbridge, Mass.; was educated in the public schools; married; engaged in real-estate business; elected to the board of aldermen from the twenty-seventh district, New York City, in 1919, and reelected in 1921, 1923, and 1925; resigned February 28, 1927; was elected to the Seventieth Congress, and reelected to the Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses.

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TWENTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Rockland and Westchester, except the cities of Mount Vernon and Yonkers and the towns of Eastchester and Pelham. Population (1930), 352,210.

RALPH ABERNETHY GAMBLE, Republican, of Larchmont, Westchester County, N. Y., was born in Yankton, S. Dak.; son of the late United States Senator Robert J. and Carrie O. Gamble; educated in public schools and Tome School; Princeton University, Litt. B., 1909; George Washington University Law School, 1909-11; Columbia University Law School, LL. B., 1912; admitted New York bar 1913; member of the law firm of McInnes & Gamble, 551 Fifth Avenue, New York City; married Virginia Nesbitt, of Port Deposit, Md., April 19, 1911, who died March 16, 1937; counsel, town of Mamaroneck, Westchester County, 1918-34; counsel, Larchmont, 1926-28; member, New York State Assembly, second district, Westchester County, 1931-37; chairman of Committee on Taxation, and member of Rules, Judiciary, and Affairs of the City of New York Committees; member New York State Commission for the Chicago World's Fair Centennial Celebration, 1932-34; elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress on November 2, 1937, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles D. Millard.

TWENTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Dutchess, Orange, and Putnam (3 counties). Population (1930), 249,589.

HAMILTON FISH, Republican, was born at Garrison, N. Y., on December 7, 1888; graduated from Harvard in 3 years, at the age of 20, with a cum laude degree; captain Harvard football team, selected by Walter Camp as an All-American for 2 years; served three terms in the New York Assembly, 1914-16, as a Progressive follower of Theodore Roosevelt; served throughout the World War, being a company commander of the Fifteenth New York Volunteers, later known as the Three Hundred and Sixty-ninth Regiment of Infantry; awarded the French Croix de Guerre and the American Silver Star for gallantry; served as major of Infantry in Fourth Division of the Army of Occupation and graduated from the Army General Staff College of the American Expeditionary Force; now holds rank of colonel in the Officers' Reserve Corps; served as chairman of the subcommittee at the first American Legion convention, in 1919, that wrote the preamble to the American Legion constitution; appointed chairman of Advisory Committee on Veterans' Preference by President Coolidge in 1928; appointed chairman of a special House Committee to Investigate Communist Activities in the United States in 1930; member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Society of the Cincinnati, the National Grange, Farm Bureau Federation, and numerous fraternal organizations; married in 1921, to Grace, daughter of Alfred Chapin, former Democratic mayor of Brooklyn, N. Y., and they have two children; was elected to the Sixty-sixth Congress to fill a vacancy; relected to all succeeding Congresses, and to the Seventy-fifth Congress by a majority of 23,500 votes from President Roosevelt's home district, an increase over the last election.

TWENTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Columbia, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan, and Ulster (5 counties). Population (1930), 202,519.

LEWIS K. ROCKEFELLER, Republican, of Chatham, Columbia County, N. Y., was born in Schenectady, N. Y., November 25, 1877; educated in public schools of Valatie; graduated from New York College for Teachers with Ph. B. degree; married Clara Bain of Kinderhook, and they have two children; was principal of grammer school at North Germantown, N. Y., following graduation from college; employed in finance bureau of New York State Department of Public Instruction, 1898-1904; chief accountant, municipal accounts bureau, in State comptroller's office, 1905-15; deputy State tax commissioner in the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, 1915-21; deputy State tax commissioner and assistant to the president of the New York State Tax Commission, 1921-33; engaged in accounting and auditing business since 1933;

president of Columbia County Agricultural Society for 15 years; past president of New York State Association of County Agricultural Societies; chairman of Columbia County Republican Committee; first vice president, Columbia County Association of City of New York; secretary-treasurer, New York State Tax Association; member of Masons and Elks; a Presbyterian; elected to the Seventyfifth Congress on November 2, 1937, to fill the vacancy caused by death of Hon. Philip A. Goodwin.

TWENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.-ALBANY COUNTY. RENSSELAER COUNTY: City of Troy, wards 1 to 4 and 6 to 12. Population (1930), 252,280.

WILLIAM THOMAS BYRNE, Democrat, of Loudonville, Albany County, N. Y.; born in the town of Florida, Montgomery County, N. Y., March 6, 1876; graduate of the Albany Grammar School, the Albany High School, and the Albany Law School in 1904, with bachelor of law degree; was admitted to the bar in 1904, and commenced practice in Albany, N. Y.; profession, lawyer; member of the New York Senate, 1923-36; married; elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress on November 3, 1936, the estimated vote being, Byrne, 84,797, and Colin D. MacRae, Republican, 52,815.

TWENTY-NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Saratoga, Warren, and Washington. RENSSELAER
COUNTY: City of Troy, wards 5 and 13 to 17. Population (1930), 223,424.

E. HAROLD CLUETT, Republican, of Troy, N. Y., was born in that city; graduate of Williams College, 1896, A. B. degree; attended Oxford University; former chairman of the board of directors of Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc., Troy, N. Y., manufacturers; elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress.

THIRTIETH DISTRICT.—COUNTIES: Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, and Schenectady (4 counties).
Population (1930), 235,586.

FRANK CROWTHER, Republican, Schenectady, N. Y.; born in Liverpool, England, July 10, 1870; D. M. D., Harvard Dental College, 1898; New Jersey State Assembly, 1905-7; Board of Equalization for Middlesex County, 1907-10; president Common Council of Schenectady, N. Y., 1917-19; elected to the Sixtysixth and each succeeding Congress; member of Ways and Means Committee and Joint Congressional Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation.

THIRTY-FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and St. Lawrence (4 counties).
Population (1930), 217,300.

BERTRAND H. SNELL, Republican, of Potsdam; born in Colton, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., December 9, 1870; attended public schools there until 1884, when he entered the State normal school at Potsdam, N. Y.; graduated from the State normal school in 1889; after taking postgraduate course at the normal, he entered Amherst College in the fall of 1890, graduated in 1894; LL. D., 1929; married Miss Sara L. Merrick, of Gouverneur, N. Y.; two daughtersHelen L. and Sara Louise; director Northern New York Trust Co., at Watertown, N. Y.; director Agricultural Insurance Co., Watertown, N. Y.; director Gould Pumps, Inc., Seneca Falls, N. Y.; president board of trustees of Clarkson College, at Potsdam, N. Y.; a member of the Republican State committee from the second assembly district of St. Lawrence; delegate from Thirty-first Congressional District to Republican National Conventions at Chicago in 1916 and 1920, at Cleveland in 1924, and delegate at large at Kansas City in 1928; delegate to and permanent chairman, Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1932; delegate at large and permanent chairman, Republican National Convention at Cleveland in 1936; was elected to the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventysecond, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses; elected Minority Leader, House of Representatives, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses.

THIRTY-SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, and Oswego (4 counties).
Population (1930), 216,456.

FRANCIS D. CULKIN, of Oswego, N. Y., Republican; lawyer; married.
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THIRTY-THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Herkimer and Oneida (2 counties). Population (1930), 262,769.

FRED J. DOUGLAS, Republican, of Utica, N. Y.; born in Clinton, Mass., September 14, 1869; moved to Little Falls, N. Y., with his parents in 1874; attended the public schools and was graduated from the medical department of Dartmouth College in 1895; moved to Utica, N. Y., in 1895 and commenced the practice of medicine; served on the Board of Education of Utica, 1910-20; mayor of Utica, 1922-24; served as commissioner of public safety of Utica, 192829; married to Miss Catherine McGrath in 1897, and they have two sons and one daughter-Dr. James G. Douglas, Fred J. Douglas, Jr., and Mrs. Mason F. Sexton; member of the Elks, Masonic lodge, Republican Club of Utica, Utica Medical Society, Oneida County Medical Society, New York State Medical Society, American Medical Society, and a fellow in the American College of Surgeons; unsuccessful candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1934; elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress on November 3, 1936, receiving 63,281 votes, and Fred J. Sisson, Democrat, receiving 45,969 votes.

THIRTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Broome, Chenango, Delaware, and Otsego (4 counties). Population (1930), 269,560.

BERT LORD, Republican, of Afton, Chenango County, N. Y.; engaged in lumbering, mercantile, and agricultural pursuits; member of the New York Assembly, 1915-22 and 1924-29; served as motor-vehicle commissioner for the State of New York, 1921-23; member of the New York Senate, 1929-35; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934; reelected to the Seventyfifth Congress on November 3, 1936.

THIRTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Cortland and Onondaga (2 counties). Population (1930), 323,315.

CLARENCE E. HANCOCK, Republican, of Syracuse; born in that city February 13, 1885; Wesleyan University (B. A., 1906), New York Law School (LL. B., 1908); corporation counsel, Syracuse, 1926-27; served with First New York Cavalry, Mexican border, 1916-17; Twenty-seventh Division, World War, 1917-19; married in 1912 Emily W. Shonk, of Plymouth, Pa.; one son, John S.; elected to the Seventieth and succeeding Congresses.

THIRTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Cayuga, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates (5 counties). Population (1930), 210,853.

JOHN TABER, Republican, of Auburn, was born in that city May 5, 1880; educated in the public schools, Yale University (B. A., 1902), and New York Law School; admitted to New York bar in 1904; married April 13, 1929, to Gertrude J. Beard; elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress and reelected to each succeeding Congress, including the Seventy-fifth.

THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, and Tompkins (5 counties). Population (1930), 237,230.

W. STERLING COLE, Republican, Bath, N. Y.; attorney; married.

THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.-MONROE COUNTY: The towns of Brighton, Greece, Henrietta, Irondequoit, Mendon, Penfield, Perinton, Pittsford, Rush, and Webster; the city of Rochester, wards 1 to 10 and 12 to 14; ward 15, districts 1, 2, and 6 to 8; wards 16 to 18; ward 20, districts 1 and 2; wards 21 to 23. Population (1930), 327,072.

GEORGE B. KELLY, Democrat, of Rochester, N. Y.; born in Waterloo, N. Y., December 12, 1900; graduate of SS. Peter and Paul's parochial school, Rochester, N. Y.; continued studies at West High School and the University of Rochester, at Rochester; production manager, Fashion Park, Rochester, N. Y.; member of the State Assembly of New York for two terms, 1933-34; served in the State senate, 1935-36; married; elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress on November 3, 1936, receiving 82,708 votes; J. Fritch, Jr., Republican, 72,910.

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