practice, July 31, 1935; represented United States in extradition of Samuel Insull from Greece 1933-34; served in World War, April 1917-June 1919; commissioned first lieutenant, Three Hundred and Nineteenth Infantry, Eightieth Division, 1 year overseas; awarded Purple Heart decoration; member, Indiana State and Howard County Bar Associations, American Legion (State commander 1929-30), and Delta Chi; Protestant, Mason, and Elk; member of Kokomo Country Club and Columbia Club (Indianapolis; elected to the Seventy-sixth Congress on November 8, 1938, and reelected to the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventyninth, and Eightieth Congresses.

SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Boone, Fountain, Hamilton, Hendricks, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Vermillion, Vigo, and Warren (10 counties). Population (1940), 281, 124.

NOBLE J. JOHNSON, Republican, of Terre Haute, Vigo County; born at Terre Haute, Ind., August 23, 1887, son of Abraham S. and Ida M. Johnson; married October 16, 1913, to Mercy Chase Broadhurst; has one daughter, Mirium Ruth Johnson; admitted to Indiana bar in December 1911, and engaged in practice of law, with offices at Terre Haute, Ind.; deputy prosecuting attorney in 1917 and 1918; elected prosecuting attorney for forty-third judicial circuit in 1920; reelected in 1922; was elected to the Sixty-ninth Congress; reelected to the Seventieth and to the Seventy-first Congresses; elected to the Seventy-sixth Congress; reelected to the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Clay, Daviess, Gibson, Greene, Johnson, Knox, Martin, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, and Sullivan (11 counties). Population (1940), 285,772.

GERALD W. LANDIS, Republican, of Linton, Ind.; born in Bloomfield, Greene County, Ind., February 23, 1895, son of John D. and Netta C. Landis; educated in Linton schools; graduated from Linton High School in 1914, and from Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., in 1923, with B. S. degree; received M. S. degree from Indiana University, class of 1938; business and law instructor, athletic director of Linton High Schools for 16 years; second lieutenant in United States Army in 1918; married Vera H. Wilson, of Bicknell, Ind., and they have one child-Mary Lou; member of Christian Church; Delta U; thirty-second degree Mason, B. P. O. É., L. O. O. M., and K. of P.; elected to the Seventy-sixth Congress; was reelected to the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick (11 counties). Population (1940), 336,364.

EDWARD A. MITCHELL, Republican, of Evansville, Ind.; born in Binghamton, N. Y., December 2, 1910, completed grade and high school in New York State; 3 years of college at the American Institute and Columbia University; employed as warehouseman and later district manager for Kraft Cheese Co. 1934-37; in 1937 purchased one-half interest in Clyde M. Hesmer, Inc., (now Hesmer's, Inc.) food manufacturers and distributors at Evansville, and is now serving as president; married; one son, Philip Michael; one daughter, Elizabeth Jean, born October 4, 1947; during World War II volunteered and served 2 years as commanding officer of Navy underwater demolition teams in the Pacific theater of war, holding rank of lieutenant commander; decorated in combat with the Silver Star at Okinawa and also awarded Bronze Star Medal for action at Kerrema Retto. Was separated from service in January 1946, and recalled June 10 as commanding officer of the Evansville Naval District; member of the Presbyterian Church, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Amvets, Elks, Turners, Navy League, and Izaak Walton League; elected to the Eightieth Congress on November 5, 1946, by over 6,500 majority.

NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bartholomew, Brown, Dearborn, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Lawrence, Ohio, Orange, Ripley, Scott, Switzerland, and Washington (14 counties). Population (1940), 241,323.

EARL WILSON, Republican, of Bedford, Ind., was born near Huron, Lawrence County, Ind., April 18, 1906; reared on a farm; educated in the Huron Public School; received A. B. and M. S. degrees from Indiana University; diploma from Coyne Electrical School, Chicago, Ill.; attended Purdue University; taught high school in Dubois, White, and Decatur Counties, Ind.; high-school principal

in Jackson County, Ind.; member of Vallonia Lions Club; married Elsie Bex; two children, Linda Sue, born November 25, 1944, Philip Earl, born May 1, 1946; affiliated with the Baptist Church; elected to the Seventy-seventh Congress on November 5, 1940, to Seventy-eighth Congress on November 3, 1942, to the Seventy-ninth Congress on November 7, 1944, and returned to the Eightieth Congress on November 5, 1946.

TENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Hancock, Henry, Randolph, Rush, Shelby, Union, and Wayne (10 counties). Population (1940), 306,498.

RALPH HARVEY, Republican, of Henry County, Ind., was born on the farm near Mount Summit that has been in his family for three generations; after being graduated from Mount Summit High School, he earned a B. S. A. degree at Purdue University, and returned to his home community to serve as a vocational agricultural instructor from 1923 to 1928; he entered politics as a county councilman appointed to succeed his father, and twice was elected to the office; in 1942, he was elected to the House of Representatives of the Indiana General Assembly, and served in the sessions of 1943, 1945, and 1947; in a special election, November 4, 1947, he was elected to Congress to succeed the late Raymond S. Springer; an active farmer, he is married (Charline Bowers), and is a member of the Christian church, Masonic orders, Kiwanis Club, Alpha Gamma Rho, the Indiana Farm Bureau, and the National Grange.

ELEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTY: Marion. Population (1940), 460,926.

LOUIS LEON LUDLOW, Democrat, of Indianapolis; born on a farm in Fayette County, Ind.; when 18 years of age went to Indianapolis to get work on a newspaper; first employed as reporter on Indianapolis Sun; in 1896, when a reporter on the Indianapolis Sentinel, married Katherine Huber, society editor of the same newspaper, and they have four children-Margery, Blanche, Virginia, and Louis; Washington correspondent of Indianapolis newspapers from 1901 to 1913 and for Columbus Dispatch from 1913; author of "From Cornfield to Press Gallery," an autobiography; "In the Heart of Hoosierland," a story of the Indiana pioneers; "Senator Solomon Spiffledink," a satire on political bunkum; "America Go Bust," an exposé of governmental bureaucracy; and "Hell or Heaven," a treatise on peace and war proposing a method of war prevention; Methodist; member of Phi Gamma Delta and Sigma Delta Chi (national newspaper fraternity), and Society of the Indiana Pioneers; also member and former president of National Press Club, in which capacity he made the address of welcome to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh on the latter's return from his epochal flight to Paris; elected to Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses. He was the first newspaper correspondent to go directly from the Press Gallery to a seat in Congress; on February 7, 1940, Butler University conferred upon Mr. Ludlow the degree of doctor of laws.

IOWA

(Population (1940), 2,538,268)

SENATORS

GEORGE ALLISON WILSON, Republican, of Des Moines, Iowa; born on a farm near Menlo, Adair County, Iowa, April 1, 1884, the youngest son of James H. and Martha G. Wilson; attended the rural schools and was graduated from Menlo High School; attended Grinnell College and graduated from the law school of the State University of Iowa in 1907; political career began with election as county attorney of Polk County, Iowa; served as judge in the district court for 2 years, which position he resigned to again undertake the practice of law; elected to the State senate from Polk County in 1926; reelected in 1930 and 1934; Governor of Iowa, 1939-43; married to Miss Mildred Zehner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Zehner, December 8, 1921; three sons, James, George, Jr., and John, and one daughter, Mary; elected to the United States Senate on November 3, 1942, for the term ending January 3, 1949.

BOURKE BLAKEMORE HICKENLOOPER, Republican, of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa; born in Blockton, Taylor County, Iowa, July 21, 1896, son of Nathan O. and Margaret A. (Blakemore) Hickenlooper; graduated Blockton High School, 1914; graduated Iowa State College, B. S.; Law School, University of Iowa, J. D.; honorary degrees, Parsons College, LL. D., and Loras College, LL. D.; first officers' training camp, Fort Snelling, Minn., 1917; served in Three Hundred and Thirty-ninth Field Artillery in United States and France until spring of 1919; practiced law, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, beginning 1922; elected to Iowa Legislature (house) 1934; reelected 1936; elected Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1938; reelected 1940; elected Governor of Iowa, November 1942; married Verna E. Bensch, of Lansing, Iowa, 1927; two children, Jane Carroll, David B.; member various fraternal and professional organizations and Methodist Church; elected to the United States Senate in November 1944 for the term ending January 3, 1951.

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren, and Washington (12 counties). Population (1940), 338,261. THOMAS ELLSWORTH MARTIN, Republican, of Iowa City, Iowa; born in Melrose, Monroe County, Iowa, January 18, 1893; attended country school in Monroe County and grade and high schools in Russell, Iowa, 1907-9; attended and graduated Albia High School, Albia, Iowa, 1909-12; A. B. degree, State University of Iowa, 1916; juris doctor degree, Law College, State University of Iowa, 1927; Order of Coif; awarded university fellowship by Columbia University for 1927 and 1928; LL. M. degree, Columbia University, 1928; accountant and lawyer; admitted to Iowa bar, 1927, and to United States Supreme Court bar, 1939; member, Johnson County, Iowa State, and American Bar Associations; city solicitor of Iowa City, 1933-35; mayor of Iowa City, 1935-37; Republican nominee for Railroad Commissioner of Iowa in 1932 and 1934; permanent chairman, Iowa State presidential convention, February 28, 1936; graduate, First Officers' Training Camp, Leon Springs, Tex., 1917; commissioned United States Regular Army; served with Thirty-fifth Infantry throughout the World War I; retired November 10, 1919; assistant professor military science and tactics, University of Iowa, 1921-23; sales analyst, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 1916-17 and 192021; married Dorris Jeanette Brownlee, of Waterloo, Iowa, June 5, 1920; children, Richard Coupland and Dorris Brownlee 2d (Mrs. Raymond Reiser); elected to the Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses.

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Allamakee, Benton, Buchanan, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Jackson, Jones, Linn, and Winneshiek (12 counties). Population (1940), 392,052. HENRY O. TALLE, Republican, of Decorah, Iowa; born and reared on a farm; by profession an educator in economics and political science; served in the United States Navy during World War I; commissioned ensign; elected to the Seventy-sixth and the Seventy-seventh Congresses from the old Fourth District; elected to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses from the new Second District.

THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Floyd, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin, Howard, Marshall, Mitchell, Tama, and Worth (14 counties). Population (1940), 344,467.

JOHN W. GWYNNE, Republican, of Waterloo, Iowa; born in Iowa County, Iowa, October 20, 1889; received degree of B. A. in 1912 and LL. B. in 1914, from the State University of Iowa; judge of the municipal court of city of Waterloo for 6 years; prosecuting attorney of Black Hawk County for 6 years; served in the World War with the Eighty-eighth Division; married and has two children, Mary and John, Jr.; elected to the Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper, Keokuk, Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Union, Wapello, and Wayne (14 counties). Population (1940), 268,900.

KARL MILES LECOMPTE, Republican, of Corydon, Iowa, was born in Corydon, Iowa, May 25, 1887; graduated from the Corydon High School in 1905, and from the State University of Iowa, in 1909, with a degree of B. A.; publisher

of the Corydon Times-Republican since 1910, member of the State senate, 191721; served as a private during World War I; was married in 1927 to Miss Dorothy Tye; elected to the Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses; chairman, Committee on House Administration.

FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Dallas, Madison, Marion, Polk, Story, and Warren (6 counties). Population (1940), 313,157.

PAUL CUNNINGHAM, Republican, of Des Moines, Iowa; lawyer; born in Indiana County, Pa., son of Robert Harvey and Sarah Jane Cunningham; graduated from the State Normal School, Indiana, Pa., and from the literary and law departments of the University of Michigan; Fort Sheridan Training Camp, 1917; discharged 1919, first lieutenant, Infantry; former captain, Iowa National Guard; former State representative, Polk County, Iowa; member Westminster U. P. Church, American Legion, Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity, Masonic bodies, Odd Fellows, Moose, and various civic organizations; married Gail Fry; three children, Paul Harvey, Jr., Edward Plummer (killed on Saipan Island, November 15, 1944, in the Marines), and Harriett Sarah; elected to the Seventy-seventh, Seventyeighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses.

SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Emmett, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Webster, Winnebago, and Wright (15 counties). Population (1940), 304,059.

JAMES I. DOLLIVER, Republican, of Fort Dodge, Iowa; born in Park Ridge, Ill., August 31, 1894; father, Rev. Robert H. Dolliver, mother, Elle Barrett Dolliver; was graduated from Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, with A. B. degree in 1915, and from the University of Chicago Law School with J. D. degree in 1921; lawyer; served in the Signal Corps Service in World War I; prosecuting attorney of Webster County, Iowa, 1924-29; member of school board, Fort Dodge Independent School District, 1938-45; department commander, Iowa American Legion, 1937-38; married Rachel McCreight, of Fort Dodge, Iowa; four children-James M., 23, former ensign, Coast Guard, now student Swarthmore College, Pa.; Margaret, 18, now a student at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio; Arthur, 16, Robert 13; elected to the Seventy-ninth and Eightieth Congresses.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Guthrie, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby, and Taylor (14 counties). Population (1940), 280,031.

BEN FRANKLIN JENSEN, Republican, of Exira, Iowa; born December 16, 1892, on farm near Marion, Linn County, Iowa; commissioned second lieutenant during World War I; retail lumberman; student of government science and has devoted much of his life to the problems of the people; past seventh district commander of the American Legion; member of Lutheran Church; married Charlotte E. Hadden, of Clearfield, Iowa, and they have one daughter-Betty (Mrs. Donald G. Fitzpatrick); elected to the Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventyeighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sac, Sioux, and Woodbury (12 counties). Population (1940), 297,341.

CHARLES B. HOEVEN, Republican, of Alton, Iowa; born in Hospers, Iowa, March 30, 1895; was graduated from the Alton High School in 1913 and from the State University of Iowa with a B. A. degree in 1920 and an LL. B. degree in 1922; lawyer and was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1922; admitted to practice before United States Supreme Court, 1946; county attorney of Sioux County, Iowa, 1925-37; member of the Iowa State Senate, 1937-41; president pro tempore of the Iowa State Senate, 1939-41; permanent chairman of the Iowa Republican State Convention, 1940; both temporary and permanent chairman of the Iowa Republican State Judicial Convention, 1942; member, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, Masonic bodies and various other organizations; veteran of the First World War, serving with the A. E. F. in England and France; member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Disabled American Veterans; awarded Certificate of Accomplishment, State University of Iowa, June 1947; married Velma Ruth Pike, of Toledo, Iowa, and they have two children-Pauline Ruth and Charles Pike; elected to the Seventy-eighth Congress on November 3, 1942; the Seventy-ninth Congress on November 7, 1944; reelected to the Eightieth Congress on November 5, 1946.

KANSAS

(Population (1940), 1,801,028)

SENATORS

ARTHUR CAPPER, Republican, of Topeka, was born in Garnett, Anderson County, Kans., July 14, 1865; received his education in the common schools and high school of Garnett; learned the printing trade on the Garnett Journal; went to Topeka in 1884 and secured work as typesetter on the Topeka Daily Capital, of which he is now owner and publisher; later became a reporter on this paper and then city editor; in 1891 went to New York and was a reporter on the New York Tribune, and in 1892 was in Washington as special correspondent; in 1893 started in business for himself by purchasing the North Topeka Mail, a weekly paper, which he afterward combined with the Kansas Breeze; a few years later he purchased the Topeka Daily Capital and other publications; was president of board of regents, Kansas State Agricultural College, from 1910 to 1913; was elected Governor of Kansas in 1914 and again in 1916; is a member of the national board of the American Red Cross, a member of the national board of directors of the 4-H Clubs since the organization was founded, and has been on the national council of the Boy Scouts of America for a number of years; elected United States Senator at the general election November 5, 1918; reelected in 1924, 1930, 1936, and again in 1942; married Florence Crawford (deceased), daughter of former Gov. Samuel J. Crawford.

CLYDE MARTIN REED, Republican, of Parsons, Kans., was born in Champaign County, Ill., October 19, 1871; family moved to Labette County, Kans., in 1875; common school education; taught school 1 year; appointed Railway Mail Service in 1889; served Post Office Department in transportation of mail branch for 28 years, rising through all grades to be field superintendent of divisions at Cleveland and Cincinnati, Ohio, New Orleans, La., Omaha, Nebr., and St. Paul, Minn.; superintendent, Railway Adjustment Division, Post Office Department, 1908-10; resigned to actively manage and publish the Parsons (Kans.) Sun, a daily newspaper, of which he is now editor and publisher; secretary to Gov. Henry J. Allen, of Kansas, in 1919; appointed a member of Kansas Court of Industrial Relations in 1920; appointed chairman of Kansas Public Utilities Commission in 1921, and served to 1924; Governor of Kansas, 1929-31; practiced extensively before Interstate Commerce Commission and State commissions, Middle West; married Minnie E. Hart in 1891, and they have seven children; elected to the United States Senate on November 8, 1938, for the term ending January 3, 1945; reelected November 7, 1944, for the term ending January 3, 1951.

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Atchison, Brown, Clay, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie, Riley, Shawnee, and Washington (13 counties). Population (1940), 312,593.

ALBERT M. COLE, Republican, of Holton, Jackson County, Kans.; born in Moberly, Mo., on October 13, 1901, son of Walter I. and Mary B. Cole; attended grade schools of Topeka, high school in Sabetha, and Washburn College, Topeka; was graduated from University of Chicago with LL. B. degree in 1925; member of Phi Alpha Delta and Kappa Sig; married to Emily Corbin of Kansas City and they have two children, Kitty and Will; member and president of Holton School Board for 12 years; county attorney of Jackson County; State senator, representing Jackson and Atchison Counties from 1941 to 1944; member of Kansas Legislative Council from 1941 to 1944; elected to the Seventy-ninth Congress on November 7, 1944, and to the Eightieth Congress on November 5, 1946.

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Douglas, Franklin, Johnson, Linn, Miami, and Wyandotte (9 counties). Population (1940), 308,392.

ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Republican, of Kansas City, Kans.; born in Newton, Kans., March 20, 1898, son of Rev. William H. and Etta (West) Scrivner; attended grade schools in several Kansas towns; graduated from Manual Training High School, Kansas City, Mo.; enlisted in Battery B, One Hundred and Twentyninth Field Artillery, in July 1917; served overseas with the Thirty-fifth Division; awarded Silver Star and Purple Heart medals; graduated from Kansas University,