Cunningham, William W., Jr., and Jack Arnold; was elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934, to the Seventy-sixth Congress on November 8, 1938, to the Seventy-seventh Congress on November 5, 1940, to the Seventyeighth Congress on November 3, 1942, to the Seventy-ninth Congress on November 7, 1944, and to the Eightieth Congress on November 5, 1946.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Huron, Lapeer, Macomb, Sanilac, St. Clair, and Tuscola (6 counties). Population (1940) 314,368.

JESSE PAINE WOLCOTT, Republican, of Port Huron, Mich., was born March 3, 1893, at Gardner, Mass.; attended public and high schools of Gardner, Mass., Detroit Technical Institute at Detroit, Mich., and was graduated from the Detroit College of Law, with degree of LL. B.; during the World War served as second lieutenant, Machine Gun Company, Twenty-sixth Infantry, First Division, and saw active service in France during the Meuse-Argonne offensive; after the war, settled in Port Huron; was elected assistant police judge in 1921, serving in that capacity until he was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of St. Clair County on January 1, 1922; served as assistant prosecutor until he was elected prosecuting attorney, 1927-30; district governor, Lions Clubs of Michigan, 1925-26; State commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1926-27; first vice president, Prosecuting Attorney's Association, 1930-31; member of Masons, Knights of Pythias (past chancellor, Port Huron Lodge, 1922), Odd Fellows, B. P. O. E., American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars, past department commander, 1926-27; married Grace A. Sullivan, February 26, 1927, and they have one son, Jesse Paine, Jr.; elected to the Seventy-second Congress, November 4, 1930; reelected to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses; chairman, House Committee on Banking and Currency; vice chairman, Joint Committee on Economic Report; given Collier award for Distinguished Congressional Service, 1947.

EIGHTH DISTRICT-COUNTIES: Clinton, Gratiot, Ionia, Montcalm, Saginaw, and Shiawassee (6 counties). Population (1940), 294,842.

FRED L. CRAWFORD, Republican, Saginaw, Mich.

NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Benzie, Grand Traverse, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Missaukee, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, and Wexford (11 counties). Population (1940), 236,861.

ALBERT J. ENGEL, Republican, of Muskegon, Mich.; born in New Washington, Crawford County, Ohio, January 1, 1888; educated in the first eight grades of public schools of Michigan; took high-school and preparatory work at Central Y. M. C. A. at Chicago; was graduated from Northwestern University Law School, 1910, degree of LL. B.; unanimously elected an honorary alumnus by the board of regents of the University of Michigan on the 19th of June 1937; married to Bertha M. Bielby and they have three children-Mrs. Robert L. Cavanagh, of Dayton, Ohio, Albert J. Engel, Jr., law student, University of Michigan, and Helen Louise, age 16 years; elected prosecuting attorney of Missaukee County, Mich., in 1916; enlisted during the World War on May 15, 1917; commissioned first lieutenant, A. G. D., at Fort Sheridan Training Camp, August 15, 1917; served in War Department at Washington from September 1 to October 15, 1917; sailed for France October 15, 1917; was promoted to rank of captain and returned from France September 15, 1919, having served 23 months in France and Germany; served in Michigan State Senate 1921, 1927, 1929, and 1931; elected to the Seventy-fourth and succeeding Congresses.

TENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Alcona, Arenac, Bay, Clare, Crawford, Gladwin, Iosco, Isabella, Mecosta, Midland, Ogemaw, Osceola, Oscoda, and Roscommon (14 counties). Population (1940), 218,768.

ROY ORCHARD WOODRUFF, Republican, of Bay City, Mich.; elected to the Sixty-third, Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventyfirst, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, Seventysixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses; married; two children—daughter, Mrs. Ronald Houck, and son, Lt. Col. Devere H. Woodruff; member, Ways and Means Committee; member, Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation; chairman, Republican Conference; member, National Forest Reservation Commission.

ELEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Alger, Alpena, Antrim, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Delta, Emmet, Kalkaska, Luce, Mackinac, Menominee, Montmorency, Otsego, Presque Isle, and Schoolcraft (16 counties). Population (1940), 224,551.

CHARLES EDWARD POTTER, Republican, of Cheboygan, Mich.; born in Lapeer, Mich., October 30, 1916; graduated from Michigan State Normal College with A. B. degree in social science; married Miss Lorraine Eddy of Cheboygan; administrator of Bureau of Social Aid, Cheboygan County, from 1938 until entering Army in May 1942 as private; served as commissioned officer with Twentyeighth Infantry Division, seeing combat in European Theater of Operations; seriously wounded for third time at Colmar, France, January 31, 1945, resulting in loss of lower limbs; separated from service as major on July 10, 1946; vocational rehabilitation representative for Retraining and Reemployment Administration until resignation in June 1947; member of American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Fraternal Order of Eagles, and Kiwanis International; elected to the Eightieth Congress August 26, 1947, to fill the vacancy caused by the passing of Hon. Fred Bradley of Rogers City.

TWELFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Baraga, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Marquette, and Ontonagon (8 counties). Population (1940), 200,265.

JOHN B. BENNETT, Republican, of Ontonagon, Mich.; born in Garden, Mich., January 10, 1904; graduate of Watersmeet (Mich.) High School; attended Marquette University Law School 1921-25; postgraduate at Chicago University Law School in 1926; admitted to Wisconsin bar in 1925, Michigan in 1926; prosecuting attorney of Ontonagon County for three terms; deputy commissioner of the State department of labor and industry, 1935-37; general law practice for the past 20 years; married Corinne Waldhuetter of Milwaukee, Wis., and they have three children-Marilyn, Nancy Ruth, and John B. 2d; elected to the Seventy-eighth Congress; reelected to Eightieth Congress on November 5, 1946.

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF DETROIT: Wards 1 to 4, 6, and 8, and Highland Park City. Popu lation (1940), 357,775.

HOWARD ALDRIDGE COFFIN, Republican, of Detroit, Mich.; born in Middleboro, Mass., June 11, 1877, son of George Henry and Jane Clifford (Guild) C.; A. B. Brown University, 1901; business executive; married Abbie Sweetland Ghodey, October 4, 1904; children-Richard Guild, Carolyn (wife of Lt. Frederick C. Nash, U. S. Navy), Dean Fiske, Gail Coffin (wife of Duncan Edmands, U. S. C. G.); teacher, Friends School, Providence, R. I.; representative Ginn & Co., book publishers, 1901-11; controller, Warren Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich., 1911-13; manager, Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (for Michigan), 1913-18; secretary, Detroit Pressed Steel Co., 1918-21; assistant to president, Cadillac Motor Car Co., Detroit, 1921-25; vice president, later president, White Star Refining Co., 1925-33; general manager, Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc. (purchaser White Star Refining Co.) (Michigan-Ohio Division), since 1933: vice chairman, Appeal Board No. I, Selective Service, Michigan; trustee, Grace Hospital (Detroit), Detroit College of Law; clubs: Detroit Athletic (past director), Rotary (past director, past president), Detroit Golf Club (past director), Economic (director) Detroit; elected to the Eightieth Congress on November 5, 1946.

FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF DETROIT: Wards 17, 19, and 21 and townships of Gratiot and Grosse Pointe, in Wayne County. Population (1940), 386,437.

HAROLD FRANCIS YOUNGBLOOD, Republican, of Detroit, Mich.; born in Detroit, August 7, 1907; educated in Detroit schools and St. Joseph's Commercial College; engaged as plumbing and heating contractor since 1940; was member of staff of Wayne County Board of Auditors for 7 years and 2 years in Detroit Office of the Secretary of State of Michigan; has had 7 years service in Michigan National Guard, Thirty-second Division, Company C, One Hundred Twenty-fifth Infantry; elected to the Eightieth Congress November 5, 1946, defeating Louis C. Rabaut by approximately 10,000 votes.

FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF DETROIT: Wards 10, 12, 14, and 16. Population (1940), 382,399. JOHN D. DINGELL, Democrat, of Detroit, Mich.; born at Detroit, Mich., February 2, 1894; married Grace B. Bigler, April 27, 1925, and they have three children-John David, Jr., James Victor, and Julé Jane; elected to the Seventythird Congress from the Fifteenth District; reelected each succeeding Congress; member of the Ways and Means Committee.

SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF DETROIT: Wards 18 and 20; townships of Brownstown, Canton, Dearborn, Ecorse, Grosse Isle, Huron, Monguagon, Nankin, Romulus, Sumpter, Taylor, and Van Buren; cities of Dearborn, Lincoln Park, River Rouge, and Wyandotte, in Wayne County. Population (1940), 371,096.

JOHN LESINSKI, Democrat, of Dearborn, Mich.; born at Erie, Pa., January 3, 1885; moved to Detroit, Mich., at the age of 3 months, and has lived in Wayne County, Mich., ever since; attended St. Albertus School in Detroit from the age of 4% to 11, and afterward attended the St. Cyril and Methodeusz Seminary in Detroit and the Detroit Business University; married Miss Estelle J. Geisinger, of Dearborn, Mich., June 11, 1938; has five children by previous marriages, Joan, John A., Jr., Maxine, Delphine, and Raymond J., and two children by present marriage, Beverly Jane and Edwin Stanley; since the age of 18 has been extensively engaged in the building and real-estate business in the Detroit area; at the age of 26 he constructed 4,000 houses, which was the nucleus around which the present city of Hamtramck was built; established the Hamtramck Lumber & Supply Co., and_the_First State Bank of Hamtramck, now known as the Peoples Wayne County Bank of Hamtramck; later established the Dearborn Lumber & Coal Co., of Dearborn, Mich.; during the First World War, and 13 years thereafter was president of the Polish Citizens' Committee of Detroit, which committee was a part of the national organization of which the honorary chairman was Ignace Jan Paderewski; in 1918 was chairman of the committee on arrangements when the first congress of Polish organizations was called in Detroit and assisted in organizing the Polish Army recruited in America and sent to France, which was known as the Haller Army; in 1920 was State commissioner in charge of the sale of Polish bonds; as a reward for his great services he was honored by the Polish Government and presented the Polonia Restituta; member of the Polish Turners' Club, the Detroit Society Branch of the Polish National Alliance, the Polish Roman Catholic Union, Knights of Columbus, and numerous important political clubs; first to represent the newly created Sixteenth District in the Seventy-third Congress; was reelected to the Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses; member of Committee on Education and Labor.

SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.-OAKLAND COUNTY, CITY OF DETROIT: Ward 22, and townships of Livonia, Northville, Plymouth, and Redford, in Wayne County. Population (1940), 419,007. GEORGE ANTHONY DONDERO, Republican, of Royal Oak, Mich.; born December 16, 1883, in Greenfield Township, Wayne County, Mich.; educated in the public schools; graduate of Royal Oak High School in 1903, and of the Detroit College of Law, in 1910, with an LL. B. degree; admitted to the bar the same year, since which time he has practiced law; held the following offices: Village clerk of Royal Oak, 1905-6; township treasurer of Royal Oak, 1907-8; village assessor of Royal Oak, 1909; village attorney of Royal Oak, 1911-21; assistant prosecuting attorney for Oakland County, Mich., 1918-19; first mayor, city of Royal Oak, 1921-22; member of the board of education for 18 years; member of Methodist Church, Masonic orders, and Kiwanis International; married to Adele Roegner, June 28, 1913, and they have three children-Marion E., Stanton G., and Robert Lincoln; elected to the Seventy-third, and each succeeding Congress including the Eightieth.

MINNESOTA
(Population (1940), 2,792,300)
SENATORS

JOSEPH HURST BALL, Republican, of R. F. D. 4, Stillwater, Minn.; born in Crookston, Minn., November 3, 1905; attended public schools at Crookston and graduated from high school there in 1922; attended Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, for 2 years, the Eau Claire (Wis.) Normal School for 1 semester, and the University of Minnesota for 1 full year; worked for the old Minneapolis Journal as a cub reporter from June 1927 until August 1928, and then spent a year free lancing and writing fiction; married to Miss Elisabeth Robbins, of Minneapolis, on April 28, 1928, and they have three children-Jennifer Ann, born December 10, 1929; Peter Joseph, born August 29, 1932; and Sara Elisabeth, born May 10, 1940; in November 1929 went to work on the St. Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch as a general assignment reporter and rewrite man; in December 1934 was made State political writer for the Pioneer Press and Dispatch and continued

in that capacity until October 14, 1940, on which date he was appointed to the United States Senate by Gov. Harold E. Stassen to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Ernest Lundeen; served appointive term, which ended November 17, 1942; elected on November 3, 1942, to 6-year term commencing January 3, 1943.

EDWARD J. THYE, Republican, of Northfield, Minn.; born April 26, 1896, on farm near Frederick, S. Dak.; son of Andrew J. and Bertha Thye; moved to Minnesota with parents a few years later and grew up on farm near Northfield; educated in public schools at Northfield and business college; served in Air Corps in World War I, commissioned in France, 1918; acquired farm of his own near Northfield in 1922 and has operated it since; appointed Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture for State of Minnesota in 1939 and served in that capacity until 1942; elected Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota in 1942 and succeeded to governorship April 27, 1943; reelected for a new 2-year term as Governor in November 1944; elected November 5, 1946, as United States Senator for a 6-year term beginning January 3, 1947; married, one daughter.

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, and Winona (12 counties). Population (1940), 318,154. AUGUST HERMAN ANDRESEN, Republican, of Red Wing, Goodhue County; son of Rev. and Mrs. O. Andresen; married; B. A. degree from St. Olaf College, Northfield, and Red Wing Seminary, Red Wing, Minn., 1912; B. L. degree, St. Paul College of Law, 1915; elected from Third Congressional District of Minnesota to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses, and to the Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, Seventyseventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses from the First Congressional District of Minnesota.

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Faribault, Jackson, Le Sueur, McLeod, Martin, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley, and Watonwan (14 counties). Population (1940), 305,559.

JOSEPH PATRICK O'HARA, Republican, of Glencoe, Minn.; born in Tipton, Iowa, January 23, 1895; educated in public schools; graduate of Spirit Lake (Iowa) High School; legal education, Inns of Court, London, England, and Notre Dame University (LL. B.); actively engaged in the general practice of law at Glencoe, Minn., specializing in trial work; member District, State, and American Bar Associations; admitted to practice in Federal courts of Minnesota and North Dakota, and United States Supreme Court; county attorney, McLeod County, 1935-38; member law firm O'Hara & Beneke; served 27 months in World War I, including AEF; past State commander, American Legion; married Leila Lee White, of Holden, Mo.; children, Joseph P., Jr., Edward M., and Terrence; elected to the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses.

THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Washington. HENNEPIN COUNTY: All that part outside the city of Minneapolis; the city of Minneapolis, ward 1; ward 2, precincts 1 to 17; wards 3, 4, and 5; ward 6, that part of precinct 1 north of the Great Northern Railway tracks; ward 7, precincts 1 and 2. Population (1940), 321,987.

GEORGE MACKINNON, Republican, lawyer, Minneapolis.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTY: Ramsey. Population (1940), 309,935.

EDWARD J. DEVITT, Republican, of St. Paul, Minn.; practicing attorney; born in St. Paul, Minn., May 5, 1911; attended public and parochial schools in that city; college education at St. John's University, Collegeville, Minn., and University of North Dakota; degrees of B. S. and LL. B.; admitted to practice law before Supreme Court of United States, and Supreme Courts of Minnesota, Illinois, and North Dakota; Minnesota municipal judge, 1935-39; assistant attorney general of Minnesota, 1939-42; instructor of law, University of North Dakota, 1935-39; member of the faculty, St. Paul College of Law; 39 months World War II naval service; wounded in action; member of American, Minnesota, and Ramsey County Bar Associations; member of House Committee on Judiciary; married Marcelle LaRose of Bismarck, N. Dak.; two children, Terry and Tim; elected to Eightieth Congress.

FIFTH DISTRICT.-HENNEPIN COUNTY, City of Minneapolis: Ward 2, precincts 18 to 28; ward 6, precincts 1 to 24, except the north half of precinct one; ward 7, precincts 3 to 30; wards 8 to 13. Population (1940), 321,859.

WALTER H. JUDD, Republican, of Minneapolis, Minn.; physician and surgeon; born in Rising City, Nebr., September 25, 1898; received B. A. (1920) and M. D. (1923) degrees from the University of Nebraska; enlisted in the United States Army in 1918 and served in the Field Artillery; fellowship in surgery, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minn., 1932-34; medical missionary and hospital superintendent in China, 1925-31 and 1934-38 under auspices of American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; returned from China in 1938, to spend 1939 and 1940 speaking throughout the United States in attempt to arouse Americans to menace of Japan's military expansion and to get embargo on sale and shipment of war materials to Japan; entered private medical practice in Minneapolis in January 1941; married Miriam Barber, of Montclair, N. J., in 1932; they have three children-Mary Lou, Carolyn, and Eleanor; elected to Seventy-eighth Congress; reelected to Seventy-ninth and Eightieth Congresses. SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Aikin, Benton, Cass, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Kanabec, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Wadena, and Wright (15 counties). Population (1940), 334,781.

HAROLD KNUTSON, Republican, of St. Cloud, Wadena, and Manhattan Beach; publisher of Wadena Pioneer Journal; first elected to Sixty-fifth Congress; reelected to each succeeding Congress.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Big Stone, Chippewa, Douglas, Grant, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Pope, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Stevens, Swift, Traverse, and Yellow Medicine (19 counties). Population (1940), 305,139.

H. CARL ANDERSEN, Republican, of Tyler, Minn.; born in Newcastle, Wash., son of C. C. and Lorena Andersen; family moved to present home farm near Tyler in 1901; married to Miss Martha Elder, of Florence, Ala., and they have two sons-Charles, 17 years of age, and Alfred, 8 years of age; elected to the Minnesota State Legislature in 1935; elected to Seventy-sixth Congress; reelected to the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses; profession, farmer.

EIGHTH DISTRICT. COUNTIES: Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and St. Louis (6 counties). Population (1940), 291,041.

JOHN A. BLATNIK, Democrat, of Chisholm, Minnesota; born in Chisholm, Minn., August 17, 1911; attended Chisholm public schools; Winona State Teachers College, Minnesota, B. E. degree, 1935; University of Chicago; graduate work in Public Administration, University of Minnesota 1941-42; school teaching and administration, 8 years; elected to Minnesota State senate in 1940; reelected in 1942; World War II veteran, 31⁄2 years in Army Air Corps Intelligence and Office of Strategic Services; 18 months overseas in Italy and northern Yugoslavia; awarded Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Air Medal; discharged from service January 1946 as paratrooper captain; elected to Eightieth Congress November 5, 1946.

NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau, and Wilkin (15 counties). Population (1940), 283,845.

HAROLD C. HAGEN, Republican, of Crookston, Minn.; was born in Crookston, Minn., November 10, 1901; attended the public schools and after graduation from high school engaged in railroading, farming, and newspaper work; editor and publisher of the Vesterheimen, Norwegian newspaper; was graduated from St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., in 1927, with B. A. degree; taught history and civics at the Mandan (N. Dak.) High School in 1928; publisher and editor of the Polk County Leader, Crookston, Minn., 1928-32; secretary to Representative Richard T. Buckler from 1934 until his election to Congress in 1942; president of Congressional Secretaries Club, 1937-38; Minnesota member of the Tri-State Waters Commission in 1937; awarded honor plaque by Congressional Secretaries Club in 1937 as most valuable and outstanding secretary; married Miss Audrey Melton on November 22, 1928, and they have two children, Harold M., and Andora; elected to the Seventy-eighth Congress on November 3, 1942; reelected to the Seventy-ninth Congress on November 7, 1944, by the largest majority ever given a winning candidate and by the largest vote ever given a winning candidate in the history of the district, reelected to the Eightieth Congress on November 5, 1946, setting a new record for the largest majority ever given a winning candidate in the district, the margin of victory being 21,820 votes.