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Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1923, LL. B. degree; attorney; member of firm Harris, Beach, Keating, Wilcox & Dale; sergeant, World War I; colonel, World War II (3 years overseas); decorations: Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster; American, European, and Asiatic Theater Ribbons with three Battle Stars; married; one child; elected to the Eightieth Congress on November 5, 1946.

FORTY-FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, and Wyoming. MONROE COUNTY: That portion within the city of Rochester not herein before described as a part of the Fortieth Congressional District; towns of Chili, Clarkson, Gates, Hamlin, Ogden, Parma, Riga, Sweden, and Wheatland. Population (1940), 240,708.

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, Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, and Seventy-eighth Congresses; reelected to the Seventy-ninth and the Eightieth Congresses from the Forty-first Congressional District.

FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT.-NIAGARA COUNTY. ERIE COUNTY: That portion within the city of Buffalo beginning at the north city line of Buffalo and Elmwood Avenue, to Scajaquada Creek, to Main Street, to North Street, to Porter Avenue, to Prospect Avenue, to Niagara Street, to Albany Street, to Niagara River, through the waters of Niagara River, to the north city line, to the place of beginning; towns of Tonawanda and Grand Island; city of Tonawanda. Population (1940), 319,294.

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 as private, First New York Cavalry, and in France as major, One Hundred and Seventh_United States Infantry, Twenty-seventh Division; wounded in action; awarded D. S. C.; elected to the Seventy-second and succeeding Congresses; chairman, Committee on Armed Services.

FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT.-ERIE COUNTY: That portion of the city of Buffalo beginning at the north city line at the intersection of Elmwood Avenue, to the Scajaquada Creek, to Main Street, to North Street, to Porter Avenue, to Prospect Avenue, to Niagara Street, to Albany Street, to the Niagara River, to the waters of Lake Erie, and through the waters of Lake Erie, to Buffalo River, through the waters of Buffalo River to West Perry Street, to Main Street, to West Seneca Street, to Pearl Street, to West Swan Street, to Main Street, to Broadway, to Jefferson Avenue, to William Street, to Spring Street, to Eagle Street, to Smith Street, to Broadway, to the east city line, thence north and west along the said city line to the place of beginning. Population (1940), 320,093.

EDWARD J. ELSAESSER, Republican, of Buffalo, N. Y.; born March 10, 1904, in the city of Buffalo, N. Y.; completed grammar and high schools at Buffalo, N. Y; was graduated from the University of Buffalo in 1926 with LL. B. degree; practicing law at Buffalo, N. Y., since 1927; married, two children; elected to the Seventy-ninth Congress on November 7, 1944; reelected to the Eightieth Congress. FORTY-FOURTH DISTRICT.-ERIE COUNTY: That portion of the city of Buffalo beginning at the intersection of Broadway and the east city line, south and west along said city line to Lake Erie, thence northerly through the waters of Lake Erie to the Buffalo River, thence through the waters of Buffalo River to West Perry Street, to Main Street, to West Seneca Street, to Pearl Street, to West Swan Street, to Main Street, to Broadway, to Jefferson Avenue, to William Street, to Spring Street, to Eagle Street, to Smith Street, to Broadway, to the east city line, the place of beginning; city of Lackawanna; towns of Alden, Amherst, Aurora, Boston, Brant, Cheektowaga, Clarence, Colden, Collins, Concord, Eden, Elma, Evans, Hamburg, Holland, Lancaster, Marilla, Newstead, North Collins, Orchard Park, Sardinia, Wales, and West Seneca. Population (1940), 319,100.

JOHN CORNELIUS BUTLER, Republican, of Buffalo, N. Y.; born in Buffalo, July 2, 1887; played amateur football and baseball; has been active in behalf of labor for 30 years; married and has three sons; elected to the Seventy-seventh Congress at a special election held on April 22, 1941; reelected to the Seventyeighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses.

FORTY-FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua (3 counties). Population (1940), 235,913.

DANIEL ALDEN REED, Republican, of Dunkirk, N. Y., was born 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 Sixtysixth Congress November 5, 1918; reelected to Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixtyninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses; member of Committee on Ways and Means; member of Joint Committee on Taxation; chairman of Republican Post-War Tax Study Committee; member of subcommittee of the Budget Committee under the Reorganization Act.

NORTH CAROLINA

(Population (1940), 3,571,623)
SENATORS

CLYDE ROARK HOEY, Democrat, of Shelby, N. C.; born at Shelby, N. C., December 11, 1877; attended the public schools until 12 years of age, at which time began working in a printing office as devil and continued for 4 years until he learned the printer's trade; at 16 bought a county paper on credit and began editing and publishing this newspaper, which he continued for 14 years; in the meantime, studied law at home and attended summer law school at the University of North Carolina, after which stood examination before the State Supreme Court in September 1899 and obtained license to practice law, and has continued the practice of law since that time until the present; in 1898, when just 20 years of age, was elected to State house of representatives, but became 21 before it was necessary to be sworn in in January 1899; was reelected to the house in 1900 and elected to State senate in 1902; was appointed assistant United States attorney for the Western District of North Carolina by President Wilson in July 1913 and served until December 1919, when he was elected to Congress from the Ninth North Carolina District to succeed Hon. E. Y. Webb, who had been appointed United States judge; after serving for the unexpired term voluntarily retired from Congress and practiced law until elected Governor of North Carolina in 1936; served as Governor from January 7, 1937, until January 9, 1941, after which returned to Shelby and resumed the practice of law; served as Democratic national committeeman for North Carolina from 1941 to 1944; degree of LL. D. was conferred upon him by Davidson College in 1937, Duke University and the University of North Carolina in 1938; Methodist, Mason, Odd Fellow, Woodman of the World, Junior Order, and Knights of Pythias; Omicron Delta Kappa and Sigma Chi; married on March 22, 1900, to Bess Gardner, of Shelby, N. C., and three children were born of this marriage-Clyde R., Jr., Charles A., and Isabel Y.; Mrs. Hoey died on February 13, 1942; was nominated for United States Senator from North Carolina in the Democratic primary on May 27, 1944, over four opponents in the first primary, receiving the largest majority ever given a candidate for Governor or Senator in a Democratic primary in North Carolina; was elected to the United States Senate in the general election held on November 7, 1944, for the term ending January 3, 1951.

WILLIAM BRADLEY UMSTEAD, Democrat, of Durham, N. C.; born in Durham County, N. C., May 13, 1895, the son of John W. and Lulie Lunsford Umstead; attended the county public schools and Durham High School; was graduated from the University of North Carolina, A. B., 1916; Law School, Trinity College, now Duke University, 1919-21; served with American Expeditionary Forces, World War I; prosecuting attorney, Durham County Recorder's Court, 1922-26; solicitor, Tenth Judicial District, 1927-33; elected to Seventythird, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses as Representative of the Sixth North Carolina Congressional District; elected chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee in 1944; trustee, University of North Carolina; married Merle D. Davis, of Rutherford County, in 1929; daughter, Merle Bradley Umstead; Methodist, Mason, member American Legion and V. F. W.; appointed to United States Senate by Gov. R. Gregg Cherry on December 17, 1946, for unexpired term of Senator Josiah W. Bailey.

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington (14 counties). Population (1940), 239,040.

HERBERT COVINGTON BONNER, Democrat, of Washington, N. C.; born in Washington, N. C., May 16, 1891; son of Herbert M. and Hannah Hare Bonner; married to Eva Hassell Hackney, of Washington, N. C.; sergeant, Company I, Three Hundred and Twenty-second Infantry; served overseas with the Eightyfirst Division during the World War; Episcopalian; Elk; Mason; Shriner; elected November 5, 1940, to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the unexpired term of Hon. Lindsay C. Warren, who resigned to become Comptroller General of the United States; also elected on the above date to the Seventy-seventh Congress; reelected to the Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses.

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bertie, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Lenoir, Northampton, Warren and Wilson (8 counties). Population (1940), 293,297.

JOHN HOSEA KERR, Democrat, of Warrenton, was born at Yanceyville, N. C.; son of Capt. John H. Kerr, of the Confederate Army, and Eliza Catherine (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; LL. D., Wake Forest College, June 4, 1945; 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 one vote being cast against him; member, Committee on Appropriations (Subcommittee on Deficiencies and ranking minority member, Subcommittee on War Appropriations); former chairman of Committee on Elections No. 3; trustee, University of North Carolina; member, Democratic steering committee; appointed by Secretary of State Cordell Hull to serve as chairman, United States delegation to the Inter-American Travel Congress, Mexico City, 1941; chairman, Special Appropriations Subcommittee on Subversive Activities; member, Board of Visitors, United States Military Academy; member, advisory committee for celebration of twenty-fifth anniversary United States Air Mail Service; member of subcommittee for State Department appropriations selected by State Department to inspect United States Foreign Service Establishments in Europe for postwar purposes; 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 and each succeeding Congress. THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Sampson, and Wayne (9 counties). Population (1940), 251,370.

GRAHAM ARTHUR BARDEN, Democrat, of New Bern, N. C., was born 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 and Phi Delta Phi fraternities; 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; reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress; reelected to the Seventy-sixth Congress without opposition; reelected to the Seventy-seventh Congress; reelected to the Seventy-eighth Congress, without opposition; reelected to the Seventy-ninth Congress; reelected to the Eightieth Congress.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Chatham, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Randolph, Vance, and Wake (7 counties). Population (1940), 358,573.

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 World War I; 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; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress, November 6, 1934, and to each succeeding Congress.

FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Caswell, Forsyth, Granville, Person, Rockingham, Stokes, and Surry (7 counties). Population (1940), 323,217.

JOHN HAMLIN FOLGER, Democrat, of Mount Airy, N. C.; born in Rockford, Surry County, N. C., December 18, 1880; educated in high schools and Guilford College (Ñ. C.); studied law at the University of North Carolina; member of the House of Representatives of North Carolina in 1927; State senate in 1931; elected to the Seventy-seventh Congress at a special election held on June 14, 1941, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his brother, Hon. Alonzo D. Folger; reelected to the Seventy-eighth Congress at the regular election of 1942; reelected to the Seventy-ninth Congress at the regular election of 1944; reelected to Eightieth Congress at regular election of 1946.

SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Alamance, Durham, Guilford, and Orange (4 counties). Population (1940), 314,659.

CARL THOMAS DURHAM, Democrat, of Chapel Hill, N. C.; born in Bingham Township, Orange County, at White Cross, N. C., August 28, 1892, son of C. P. and Delia Lloyd Durham; pharmacist; educated at Manndale Preparatory School in southern Alamance County, N. C., and at the University of North Carolina; served in the United States Navy in 1918; married Miss Margaret Joe Whitsett, of Guilford County, N. C., December 30, 1918, and they have five children; elected to the Seventy-sixth Congress on November 8, 1938; reelected to the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, New Hanover, and Robeson (7 counties). Population (1940), 318,298.

J. BAYARD CLARK, Democrat, of Fayetteville, N. C.; lawyer; born in Elizabethtown, N. C., April 5, 1882; educated at Davidson College and University of North Carolina; licensed to practice law in August 1906; member General Assembly of North Carolina, 1915; Presidential elector, 1916; member State judicial conference, 1924 to 1928; member of Presbyterian Church; married Miss Helen Purdie Robinson, June 1908, and they have four children-Mrs. Julian B. Hutaff, Jerome Bayard Clark, Jr., Heman R. Clark, and Mrs. George D. Jackson; elected to the Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses; member of Committee on Rules.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Anson, Davidson, Davie, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland, Union, Wilkes, and Yadkin (12 counties). Population (1940), 340,457. CHARLES BENNETT DEANE, Democrat, of Rockingham, N. C.; born in Ansonville Township, Anson County, N. C. November 1, 1898, son of John L. and Florence (Boyette) Deane; educated Trinity Park School, Durham, LL. B. degree, Wake Forest College (N. C.) 1923; licensed attorney; Register of Deeds of Richmond County (1926-34), retired to engage in administrative law and in the operation of his general insurance business; chairman of Richmond County Democratic Executive Committee 12 years; trustee, Wake Forest College and recording secretary, North Carolina Baptist State Convention; married Miss Agnes Cree, and they have three children, Betty, Carol, and Charles, Jr.; elected to the Eightieth Congress.

NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Iredell, Rowan, Stanly, and Watauga (9 counties). Population (1940), 310,225.

ROBERT L. DOUGHTON, Democrat, Sparta, N. C.; farmer and banker by occupation; widower; five children; 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; clected to Sixty-second and each succeeding Congress; chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, Seventy-third to Seventy-ninth Congresses, inclusive; alternating chairman, Joint Congressional Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation.

TENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Avery, Burke, Catawba, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, and Mitchell (6 counties). Population (1940), 295,822.

HAMILTON CHAMBERLAIN JONES, Democrat, of Charlotte, N. C.; born in Charlotte, N. C., September 26, 1884; graduated from the University of North Carolina with A. B. degree and later secured his master degree from Columbia University; studied law at both universities; owns and actively farms a 300-acre farm in Mecklenburg County; attorney at law; judge, City Recorder's Court and Juvenile Court; assistant United States district attorney; chairman, Mecklenburg Democratic Executive Committee; State senator; former president, North Carolina Bar Association; former president, Mecklenburg Bar Association; member, and former president of the Charlotte Rotary Club; member: Masonic Club, Executives Club, Elks Club, Red Fez Club, and Charlotte Country Club; former president of the Family Service Association; former chairman, executive committee, Thompson Orphanage and Training School; member of the board and vice chairman of the Charlotte Memorial Hospital Authority; former trustee of the University of North Carolina; member of Vestry and Senior Warden of St. Peter's Episcopal Church; married Miss Bessie Smedes Erwin of Durham, N. C., and they have three children- William Erwin Jones, Mrs. Elizabeth Smedes Jones Boehmer, and Alice McAden Jones; elected to the Eightieth Congress on November 5, 1946.

ELEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Cleveland, Gaston, McDowell, Madison, Polk, Rutherford, and Yancey (7 counties). Population (1940), 265,757.

ALFRED LEE BULWINKLE, Democrat, of Gastonia, N. C.; born April 21, 1883; lawyer; (major, F. A., World War I); married Miss Bessie Lewis, of Dallas, N. C.; children-Mrs. E. Grainger Williams (husband E. G. Williams, Little Rock, Ark., lieutenant, U. S. Navy, World War II) and Alfred Lewis Bulwinkle, Gastonia, N. C., lawyer, (major, Infantry, U. S. Army, World War II); Lutheran; member of bar associations, fraternal and patriotic organizations; elected from the Ninth District of North Carolina to the Sixty-seventh to Seventieth Congresses; elected from the Tenth District to the Seventy-second to Seventy-seventh Congresses, and from the Eleventh District to the Seventyeighth and Seventy-ninth Congresses; reelected to the Eightieth Congress November 5, 1946.

TWELFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Swain, and Transylvania (10 counties). Population (1940), 260,908.

MONROE MINOR REDDEN, Democrat, of Hendersonville, N. C.; born at Hendersonville, Henderson County, N. C., September 24, 1901, the son of John L. Redden and Julia Trimble Redden; educated in the public schools of the County and the law school of Wake Forest College; admitted to bar in 1923, and has continuously engaged in the practice of law since that time; married Mary Belle Boyd in 1923, and they have two sons, Monroe M., Jr., and Robert M.; chairman, Henderson County Democratic Committee, 1930-46; chairman, State Democratic Executive Committee of North Carolina, February 1942-August 1944; elected to Eightieth Congress November 5, 1946, receiving largest total vote and largest majority of any Congressional candidate in the State.

NORTH DAKOTA

(Population (1940), 641,935)
SENATORS

WILLIAM LANGER, Republican (elected with the endorsement of the NonPartisan League), of Bismarck and Wheatland, N. Dak., R. F. D. 1; farmer and lawyer; at age of 15 was hired hand of neighbor farmer, where as a result of his ability to handle large crews of men he was appointed foreman; attended District School 102, later grade school at Casselton, N. Dak., where his first teacher was Alice Rutledge, a cousin of the sweetheart of Abraham Lincoln, Ann Rutledge;

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