THIRTY-NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, and Wyoming. MONROE COUNTY: The towns of Chili, Clarkson, Gates, Hamlin, Ogden, Parma, Riga, Sweden, Wheatland; the city of Rochester, ward 11; ward 15, districts 3 to 5; ward 19; ward 20, districts 3 to 10; ward 24. Population (1930), 236,396.

JAMES W. WADSWORTH, Republican, of Geneseo, Livingston County, N. Y., was born at Geneseo, N. Y., August 12, 1877; attended St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass.; graduated from Yale, 1898; enlisted as private, Battery A, Pennsylvania Field Artillery, and served in Puerto Rico; engaged in livestock and general farming business in Livingston County, N. Y., and later for a period managed a ranch in the Panhandle country of Texas; married Miss Alice Hay, of Washington, D. C., in 1902; elected member of New York Assembly from Livingston County in 1904 and served 6 years in that body; elected speaker of assembly January 1906, and served 5 years in that office; elected United States Senator from the State of New York November 3, 1914; reelected November 2, 1920; defeated for reelection in 1926; elected to the House of Representatives, Seventythird Congress, November 8, 1932, from the Thirty-ninth Congressional District; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress; reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress.

FORTIETH DISTRICT.-NIAGARA COUNTY. ERIE COUNTY: Towns of Grand Island and Tonawanda; city of Tonawanda; city of Buffalo, wards 16 to 25; ward 26, districts 1 to 12. Population (1930), 405,109. WALTER GRESHAM ANDREWS, Republican, of Buffalo, N. Y.; born July 16, 1889, at Evanston, Ill.; attended Buffalo schools, Lawrenceville Academy, and Princeton University; served on Mexican border and in France as major, One Hundred and Seventh United States Infantry, Twenty-seventh Division; wounded in action; awarded D. S. C.; supervisor Fifteenth Federal Census, 1929-30; elected to the Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses; member Military Affairs Committee.

FORTY-FIRST DISTRICT.-ERIE COUNTY: The city of Buffalo, ward 5, districts 1 and 2; ward 8; ward 9, districts 1 to 12; wards 10 to 15; ward 26, districts 13 to 15; ward 27; towns of Alden, Amherst, Cheektowaga, Clarence, Elma, Lancaster, Marilla, and Newstead. Population (1930), 258,163. ALFRED FLORIAN BEITER, Democrat, of Buffalo and Williamsville, N. Y., was born in Clarence, N. Y., July 7, 1893; attended Williamsville High School and Niagara University; married Caroline A. Kibler, of Buffalo, N. Y., November 19, 1919; children-David L. and Paul F.; elected supervisor of the town of Amherst in 1929 and reelected in 1931; elected to the Seventy-third Congress, and reelected to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses.

FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT.-ERIE COUNTY: Towns of Aurora, Boston, Brant, Colden, Collins, Concord, East Hamburg, Eden, Evans, Hamburg, Holland, North Collins, Sardinia, Wales, and West Seneca; the city of Lackawanna; the city of Buffalo, wards 1 to 4; ward 5, districts 3 to 16; wards 6 and 7; ward 9, districts 13 to 15. Population (1930), 248,465.

JAMES M. MEAD, Democrat, Buffalo, N. Y.; born Mount Morris, Livingston County, N. Y., December 27, 1885; married Alice M. Dillon August 25, 1915; has one son, James M., Jr.; elected supervisor Erie County, 1913; member of State assembly, 1914-17; elected to the Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, Sixtyeighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses, and reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress; chairman of Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua (3 counties). Population (1930), 236,880.

DANIEL ALDEN REED, Republican, of Dunkirk, N. Y., was born September 15, 1875, at Sheridan, Chautauqua County, N. Y.; educated at district school, Sheridan, N. Y., Silver Creek High School, Silver Creek, N. Y., and Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.; attorney at law; married, and has two children; elected to the Sixty-sixth Congress November 5, 1918; reelected to Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventysecond, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses; member of Committee on Ways and Means.

NORTH CAROLINA

(Population (1930), 3,170,276)

SENATORS

JOSIAH WILLIAM BAILEY, Democrat, of Raleigh, N. C.; born in Warrenton, N. C., September 14, 1873; parents moved to Raleigh, N. C., in 1877; educated at Raleigh (N. C.) public schools, Raleigh Male Academy, Wake Forest (N. C.) College, A. B., 1893; editor Biblical Recorder, 1893-1907; member State board of agriculture, 1896-1900; studied law under Prof. S. F. Mordecai, of Trinity College, and in Wake Forest College Law School, 1907–08; admitted to the bar in 1908; elected elector at large, 1908; United States collector of internal revenue, North Carolina, 1913-21; member North Carolina Constitutional Commission in 1915; married Edith Walker Pou in 1916; trustee, University of North Carolina, 1930; elected United States Senator in 1930 by vote of 323,620 to 210,547 for opponent, George M. Pritchard; reelected in 1936 by vote of 563,768 to 232,968 for Frank C. Patton, opponent.

ROBERT RICE REYNOLDS, Democrat; home, Asheville, N. C.; educated in the public schools of Asheville and at the University of North Carolina, at which latter institution he served as captain of the varsity track team, member of the varsity football team, and associate editor of the university's weekly newspaper; served as prosecuting attorney of the fifteenth judicial district of North Carolina for a period of 4 years, and at that time was the first Democratic prosecuting attorney ever elected in his district; has traveled extensively and is the author of two travel books, namely, Wanderlust and Gypsy Trails; Presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1928; president of the Roosevelt Motor Clubs of America in 1932; Methodist; member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and also an active member of the Loyal Order of Moose, Junior Order of the United American Mechanics, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; vice president of the American Automobile Association; was nominated for the United States Senate on July 2, 1932, receiving the largest majority ever given a candidate for major office in a Democratic primary in North Carolina; elected on November 8, 1932, to the United States Senate to serve for a short term expiring March 3, 1933, and on the same day, November 8, 1932, was elected to the United States Senate for the full term expiring in 1939

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington (14 counties). Population (1930), 224,768.

LINDSAY CARTER WARREN, Democrat; born at Washington, N. C., December 16, 1889; son of Charles F. and Elizabeth Mutter (Blount) Warren; attended the Bingham School, Asheville, 1903-06; University of North Carolina, 1906-08; law school, University of North Carolina, 1911-12; admitted to the bar February 1912; chairman Democratic executive committee, Beaufort County, 1912-25; county attorney, Beaufort County, 1912-25; State senator, 1917 and 1919; president pro tempore State senate, 1919; member code commission, compiling the Consolidated Statutes, 1919; representative from Beaufort County in general assembly, 1923; trustee, University of North Carolina, 1921– 25; appointed by Governor Gardner on June 17, 1931, as a member of the Constitutional Commission of North Carolina; delegate at large to the Democratic national convention in 1932; chairman Democratic State convention in 1930 and in 1934; elected to the Sixty-ninth Congress; reelected to the Seventieth, Seventyfirst, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses. SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bertie, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Lenoir, Northampton, Warren, and Wilson (8 counties). Population (1930), 276,795.

JOHN HOSEA KERR, Democrat, of Warrenton, was born at Yanceyville, N. C.; son of Capt. John H. Kerr, of the Confederate Army, and Eliza Katherine (Yancey) Kerr; was a student in the celebrated Bingham School and graduated from Wake Forest College, North Carolina, with degree of A. B.; studied law and

was admitted to the bar; moved to Warrenton and entered upon the practice of his profession; married Miss Ella Foote, of Warrenton, and they have two sons— John Hosea and James Yancey; elected solicitor of the third district and served 11 years; while solicitor was elected judge of the superior court and served 7 years; while serving on the bench was nominated for Congress to succeed Hon. Claude Kitchin, deceased, and was elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress at a special election held November 6, 1923, only 1 vote being cast against him; the third member of the same family by the name of John Kerr elected to the House of Representatives; his great-uncle-John Kerr-and his son, Judge John Kerr; reelected to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses.

THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Sampson, and Wayne (9 counties). Population (1930), 226,465.

GRAHAM ARTHUR BARDEN, Democrat, of New Bern, N. C., was oorn in Turkey Township, Sampson County, on September 25, 1896; educated in Sampson County public schools and Pender County public schools; moved to Burgaw, Pender County, N. C., in 1908; served in United States Navy during the World War; graduated from the University of North Carolina with LL. B. degree in 1920; member Sigma Chi fraternity; licensed to practice law August 23, 1920; taught school in New Bern High School 1 year; served three terms as judge of county court of Craven County, N. C.; represented Craven County in North Carolina General Assembly in 1933; married to Miss Agnes Foy, of New Bern, N. C., and they have one son, Graham Arthur Barden, Jr., and one daughter, Agnes Foy Barden; was elected to Seventy-fourth Congress from the Third District by a vote of 20,218 to 9,922; reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress by a vote of 34,524 to 11,967.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Chatham, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Randolph, Vance, and Wake (7 counties). Population (1930), 322,346.

HAROLD DUNBAR COOLEY, Democrat, of Nashville, N. C., son of the late R. A. P. Cooley and Hattie Davis Cooley; born July 26, 1897; attended the public schools of Nash County, the University of North Carolina, and the law school of Yale University; licensed to practice law in February 1918; served in the Naval Aviation Flying Corps during the World War; presidential elector in 1932; president, Nash County Bar Association, 1933; member of Junior Order United American Mechanics, Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and Phi Delta Phi national law fraternity; member of Baptist Church; married Miss Madeline Strickland in 1923, and is father of two children-a son, Roger A. P. Cooley, 2d, and a daughter, Hattie Davis Cooley; elected to the Seventy-third Congress July 7, 1934, to fill the unexpired term of Hon. Edward W. Pou, deceased, the dean of Seventy-third Congress; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress, November 6, 1934; reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress, November 3, 1936.

FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Caswell, Forsyth, Granville, Person, Rockingham, Stokes, and Surry (7 counties). Population (1930), 293,799.

FRANKLIN WILLS HANCOCK, JR, Democrat, of Oxford, N. C.

SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Alamance, Durham, Guilford and Orange (4 counties). Population (1930), 263,517.

WILLIAM BRADLEY UMSTEAD, Democrat, of Durham, N. C.; born in Mangum Township, Durham County, N. C., May 13. 1895; son of John W. and Lulie Lunsford Umstead; educated at University of North Carolina and Trinity College; served with American Expeditionary Forces; prosecuting attorney of Durham County recorders court, 1922-26; solicitor of the tenth judicial district, 1927-33; elected to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, New Hanover, and Robeson (7 counties). Population (1930), 268,579.

J. BAYARD CLARK, Democrat, of Fayetteville, N. C.; lawyer; educated at Davidson (N. C.) College and University of North Carolina; elected to the Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Anson, Davidson, Davie, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland, Union, Wilkes, and Yadkin (12 counties). Population (1930), 316,614.

J. WALTER LAMBETH, Democrat, of Thomasville, N. C.; born January 10, 1896, at Thomasville; son of John W. and Daisy (Sumner) Lambeth; A. B., Trinity College (N. C.), 1916; Harvard Graduate School, 1916-17; during the World War served in the American Expeditionary Forces; elected to the State senate in 1921; mayor of Thomasville, 1925-29; elected to the Seventy-second and succeeding Congresses.

NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Iredell, Rowan, Stanly, and Watauga (9 counties). Population (1930), 262,213.

ROBERT L. DOUGHTON, Democrat, Laurel Springs, N. C.; farmer and livestock raiser by occupation; appointed member of the board of agriculture of North Carolina in 1903, serving in same position for 6 years; elected member of State senate in 1908; served as director of State's prison from 1909 to 1911; elected to Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, Sixtyseventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, and, Seventy-third Congresses; reelected to Seventy-fourth Congress, carrying each and all counties of the district; reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress by a majority of 27,600; chairman of Committee on Ways and Means, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses.

TENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Avery, Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Madison, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, and Yancey (10 counties). Population (1930), 414,808.

A. L. BULWINKLE, Democrat, of Gastonia, N. C.; born April 21, 1883; lawyer; captain, First Infantry, North Carolina National Guard, 1909-17; major, One Hundred and Thirteenth Field Artillery, Thirtieth Division, 1917–19; married Miss Bessie Lewis, Dallas, N. C.; children-Frances McKean and Alfred Lewis; Lutheran; member of patriotic and fraternal organizations and bar associations; elected Sixty-seventh to Seventieth and Seventy-second to Seventy-fifth Congresses.

ELEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, and Transylvania (13 counties). Population (1930), 300,392.

ZEBULON WEAVER, Democrat, of Asheville; graduated at Weaver College and studied law at the University of North Carolina; was admitted to bar in September 1894, and practiced law in Asheville, N. C.; was elected to House of Representatives of North Carolina and served in sessions of 1907 and 1909; twice elected State senator for the thirty-sixth district and served in sessions of 1913 and 1915; married Miss Anna Hyman, of New Bern, N. C.; they have five children; elected to the Sixty-fifth and each successive Congress, except the Seventy-second Congress, and is now serving his tenth term.

NORTH DAKOTA

⚫ (Population (1930), 680,845)

SENATORS

LYNN J. FRAZIER, Republican, of Hoople, N. Dak.; was born in Steele County, Minn., December 21, 1874, the son of Thomas and Lois B. Frazier; his parents were natives of Rangeley, Maine, and became early western pioneers, first in Minnesota and later in the northern part of the Red River Valley in North Dakota; they settled in Pembina County, near the present town of Hoople, in 1881; he attended the rural district school and then high school at Grafton, and was graduated in 1892; also from Mayville State Normal School, 1895; and B. A., University of North Dakota, 1901; married Lottie J. Stafford, of Crystal, N. Dak., November 26, 1903 (Mrs. Frazier died January 14, 1935); there are five children-Unie (Mrs. Emerson C. Church), Versie (Mrs. Stanley Gaines) Vernon, Willis, and Lucille; upon leaving college returned to the family homestead, and at once took up the management of the farm for his widowed mother; remained actively engaged in farming until 1916, when endorsed for Governor by the Nonpartisan League and elected on the Republican ticket; reelected Governor in 1918 and again in 1920; in March 1922 was endorsed by the Nonpartisan League for United States Senator and nominated on the Republican ticket in the primaries and elected November 7, 1922; reelected November 6, 1928, and November 6, 1934; on September 7, 1937, married Mrs. Cathrine W. Paulson of Concrete, N. Dak.

GERALD P. NYE, Republican, Cooperstown, N. Dak.; born in Hortonville, Wis., December 19, 1892; published papers at Hortonville, Wis., Creston, Iowa, Fryburg and Cooperstown, N. Dak.; independent candidate in 1924 in second North Dakota district for Congress and defeated; appointed to Senate November 14, 1925; elected in 1926 to short term and long term; elected in 1932 to term ending in 1939; married Anna M. Munch; three children.

REPRESENTATIVES

AT LARGE.-Population (1930), 680,845.

USHER L. BURDICK, Republican, of Williston, N. Dak.; born near Owatonna, Minn., February 21, 1879, son of Ozias Warren Burdick, of Vermont, and Lucy Farnum Burdick, of New York; moved with his parents to Dakota Territory in 1882, and was raised in a farming community bordering on the Fort Totten Sioux Indian Reservation, and understands the Sioux language; graduated from the State normal school at Mayville, N. Dak., in 1900; married Emma C. Rassmussen in 1901, both entering the University of Minnesota immediately thereafter; both graduated from the university in 1904; was a member of the Minnesota football teams of 1903 and 1904, playing right end, during which time Minnesota was the champion team of the Big Ten; started the practice of law at Munich, N. Dak., in 1904, and was also credit manager for the First National Bank of Munich; elected to the State legislature in 1907, and again in 1909, and that year became speaker of the house, at that time the youngest speaker in the United States; elected Lieutenant Governor in 1911, and became judge of the senate in the impeachment proceedings brought against District Judge John F. Cowan, the first and only impeachment trial ever held in the State; elected State's attorney in Williams County in 1912 and remained there as prosecutor or special prosecutor for several years; appointed assistant United States district attorney in 1929 and remained in that office until 1932, when he resigned to enter the race for Congressman at Large from North Dakota; defeated in that election, but was successful in the election of 1934 and became a Member of the Seventy-fourth Congress; always independent in politics, being a member of the Nonpartisan League of North Dakota; has three children-Quentin Northrop Burdick (A. B., LL. B.), attorney at Fargo; Eugene Allan Burdick (A. B., LL. B.), attorney at Williston, N. Dak.; and Eileen Rosemary Burdick, a student of law at the University of Minnesota; holds the degrees of Ph. B. and LL. B. and has written many books on western history, including the Last Battle of the Sioux; reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress, running on the Nonpartisan League ticket in the Republican column.

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