was graduated from Casselton High School, from the law department of the University of North Dakota in 1906, and from Columbia University, New York City, in 1910; passed the bar examination at 18 and admitted to practice law on his twenty-first birthday; married Lydia Cady of New York City; childrenEmma Bulkley Schaeffer, wife of J. Peter Schaeffer; Lydia Cady Irwin, wife of D. King Irwin; Mary Erskine Gokey, wife of Franklyn Gokey; and Cornelia Lyndon; State's attorney of Morton County, N. Dak., 1914-16; attorney general, 1916-20; for 8 years a member of the State Parole Board, for 8 years a member of the State Board of Equalization, and for 4 years president of the State Board of Health; legal adviser, Council of Defense, World War; on North Dakota campaign committee, Robert M. LaFollette for President, each time he was a candidate, and comanager of Hiram Johnson for President committee; twice elected Governor of North Dakota; only person ever to be arrested in any Englishspeaking country for filing an affidavit of prejudice against a judge; member of Sigma Chi fraternity; elected to tne United States Senate on November 5, 1940, for the term ending January 3, 1947; reelected to the United States Senate on November 5, 1946, for the term ending January 3, 1953, carrying every one of the 53 counties in North Dakota.

MILTON R. YOUNG, Republican, of Berlin, N. Dak.; born December 6, 1897, in Berlin, N. Dak.; attended the La Moure County public schools and was graduated from La Moure High School in 1915; attended North Dakota State Agricultural College and Graceland College at Lamoni, Iowa; actively engaged in the operation of his farm near Berlin, N. Dak.; member of school, township, and County AAA boards; elected to House of Representatives of North Dakota State Legislature in 1932; elected to State senate of North Dakota in 1934 and served continuously until his resignation March 14, 1945; served as chairman of Committee on Corporations, State Affairs, Ways and Means, and Appropriations; elected president pro tempore 1941; majority floor leader 1943; division campaign manager of Republican National Committee for Willkie Farm Voters, 1940; Republican State campaign manager 1940 and 1944; married Malinda V. Benson, of La Moure, N. Dak., July 7, 1919; three sons, Wendell M., Duane C., and John M.; appointed to the United States Senate March 12, 1945, by Gov. Fred G. Aandahl to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Moses; elected at special election June 25, 1946, for term ending January 3, 1951.

REPRESENTATIVES

AT LARGE.Population (1940), 641,935.

WILLIAM LEMKE, Nonpartisan, elected on the Republican ticket, of Fargo, N. Dak.; was born at Albany, Minn., August 13, 1878, son of Fred and Julia Lemke; educated in public schools and at the University of North Dakota; received B. A. degree in 1902; studied law, University of North Dakota and Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D. C.; received LL. B., Yale University, 1905; member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity; married Isabelle McIntyre, April 16, 1910, and they have three children; engaged in the practice of law at Fargo, 1905; member national executive committee, National Nonpartisan League, 1917-21; chairman, Republican State central committee, 1916-20; attorney general of North Dakota, 1921; had charge of drafting the laws establishing the industrial program in North Dakota; has been connected with practically every farm organization in the Northwest, as attorney or as an active member, including the Farmers' Union and the Cooperative Exchange; elected to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses as a Representative at Large.

CHARLES R. ROBERTSON, Republican, of Bismarck, N. Dak.; born on a farm near Madison, Wis., September 5, 1889, son of William Robertson and wife, the former Janet Mair, both natives of Ayrshire, Scotland; assisted on his father's stock and grain farm in Columbia County, Wis., while attending school at Arlington, Wis., and high school at Poynette, Wis.; graduate of Parker College; held executive positions in wholesale and retail establishments in Winnebago, Fergus Falls, St. Paul, and Minneapolis, Minn., and Aberdeen, S. Dak.; owned and

operated stores in Aberdeen and Redfield, S. Dak., and later owned and operated concurrently junior department stores in Valley City, Wahpeton, Jamestown, and Bismarck, N. Dak.; married Mary Armstrong, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Armstrong, of Kansas City, Mo.; member of the Presbyterian Church, all Masonic bodies, Rotary, Elks, and Eagles; delegate to the National Republican Convention at Philadelphia in June 1940; nominated by Republican State executive committee to fill vacancy for nomination to Congress in summer of 1940; elected to the Seventy-seventh Congress November 5, 1940, as Representative at Large; North Dakota State chairman of Russian War Relief, Inc., and Committee for Economic Development, 1943-44; elected to the Seventy-ninth and Eightieth Congresses.

OHIO

(Population (1940), 6,907,612)

SENATORS

ROBERT ALPHONSO TAFT, Republican, of Cincinnati, Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, September 8, 1889; attended the public schools of Cincinnati and the Taft School, Watertown, Conn.; was graduated from Yale University with B. A. degree in 1910 and from Harvard University with LL. B. degree in 1913; married Martha Wheaton Bowers October 17, 1914; four sons, William Howard, Robert, Jr., Lloyd Bowers, and Horace Dwight; attorney at law; served as assistant counsel for the United States Food Administration, 1917-18, and as counsel for the American Relief Administration in 1919; member of the Ohio House of Representatives, 1921-26, and served as speaker in 1926; served in the Ohio Senate, 1931-32; elected to the United States Senate on November 8, 1938, and reelected November 7, 1944, for the term ending January 3, 1951.

JOHN W. BRICKER, Republican, of Columbus, Ohio, was born on a farm in Madison County, September 6, 1893; educated in country school, Mount Sterling High School, and Ohio State University where he received his A. B. in 1916 and LL. B. in 1920; served as a first lieutenant and chaplain in the First World War; has practiced law in Columbus since 1920 except when holding public office; served as a member of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio for 3 years; attorney general of Ohio for two terms; Governor of Ohio for three terms; was Republican candidate for Vice President in 1944; was elected to the United States Senate in 1946; married Harriet Day of Urbana, Ohio, in 1920 and has one son, Jack, 16 years old.

REPRESENTATIVES

AT LARGE.-Population (1940), 6,907,612.

GEORGE H. BENDER, Republican, of Cleveland Heights, Ohio; born in Cleveland, Ohio; president, insurance company; editor and publisher of the National Republican; State senator, Ohio General Assembly, 1920-30; chairman, Republican central committee, Cuyahoga County (Cleveland), since 1938; author, The Challenge of 1940; elected to the Seventy-sixth Congress November 8, 1938; reelected to the Seventy-seventh Congress November 5, 1940, to the Seventyeighth Congress November 3, 1942, to the Seventy-ninth Congress November 7, 1944, and to the Eightieth Congress November 5, 1946.

FIRST DISTRICT.-HAMILTON COUNTY: City of Cincinnati, wards 1 to 6; ward 7, except precinct J; wards 8 and 9; ward 10, except precincts I, K, L, N, and O; ward 11, precincts A, P, Q, T, and U; ward 12, precincts A, N, P, Q, and V; ward 13; ward 14; ward 15, except precincts A and B; ward 16, except precincts A, C, E, F, H, I, J, L, M, and N; ward 17, precincts D, M, S, T, V, W, X, and Y; ward 23, precinct T; ward 24, precincts A to C and H to J; townships of Anderson, Columbia, Elmwood, and Symmes; all of city of Norwood. Population (1940), 308,578.

CHARLES H. ELSTON, Republican, of Cincinnati, Ohio; born in Marietta, Ohio, August 1, 1891; educated in public schools of Marietta and Cincinnati; attorney at law; assistant prosecuting attorney of Hamilton County, Ohio, 1915-22; member of Cincinnati, Ohio State, and American Bar Associations; served in Aviation Service, United States Army, during World War; member of the American Legion and Forty and Eight; served two terms as president of the

Hamilton County Republican Club; elected member of Hamilton County Charter Commission in 1934; one daughter, Mrs. Robert P. Dietz; married Mrs. Zelda Giffin Wright on May 28, 1947; elected to Seventy-sixth Congress; reelected to the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses. SECOND DISTRICT.-HAMILTON COUNTY: City of Cincinnati, ward 7, precinct J; ward 10, precincts I, K, L, N, and O; ward 11, except precincts A, P, Q, T, and U; ward 12, except precincts A, N, P, Q, and V; ward 15, precincts A and B; ward 16, precincts A, C, E, F, H, I, J, L, M, and N; ward 17, except precincts D, M, S, T, V, W, X, and Y; wards 18, 19, 20, 21, and 22; ward 23, except precinct T; ward 24, except precincts A, B, C, H, I, and J; wards 25 and 26; townships of Colerain, Crosby, Delhi, Green, Harrison, Lockland, Miami, Reading, St. Bernard, Springfield, Sycamore, and Whitewater. Population (1940), 313,409.

WILLIAM E. HESS, Republican, of Cincinnati, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 13, 1898; educated in the Cincinnati public schools, University of Cincinnati, and Cincinnati Law School; admitted to the practice of law in 1919; member at large of Cincinnati City Council, 1922-26; ex-serviceman; Member of the Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, Seventy-sixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses.

THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Butler, Montgomery, and Preble (3 counties). Population (1940), 439,058.

RAYMOND H. BURKE, Republican, of Hamilton, Ohio; born at Nicholsville, Ohio, November 4, 1881; student, Oberlin Academy and College for 5 years; scholarship, University of Chicago, senior year; graduate scientific course with honorable mention B. S. degree; graduate work in summer terms; teacher in Miami University more than 8 years in the following subjects: geography, geology, and director of the University music; personnel and employment manager, the Hooven, Owens, Rentschler Co., Hamilton, Ohio, during World War I and postwar period; special representative, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Milwaukee, Wis., for past 20 years and associated with Dayton agency; mayor of Hamilton, 12 years, the first mayor under the new Charter FormHome Rule Government; elected councilman 8 terms, serving over 14 years; resigned to become a candidate for State senator in 1942; State senator from the Second and Fourth Districts of Ohio, serving two terms; chairman, Selective Service Board No. 2, Butler County, prior to taking seat in Ohio Senate; chairman, Ohio Senate Committee on Agriculture; member, Senate Committees on Finance, Education, Conservation, and Insurance; during first term member of Anthony Wayne Memorial Joint Legislative Committee; member, Senate Advisory Committee to the Ohio Water Resources Board, and Committee on Conservation of Natural Resources of the Ohio Postwar Program Commission; past president, Hamilton Rotary Club; Delta Tau Delta fraternity; served on board of directors, Y. M. C. A., for 25 years; Mason; member of the Presbyterian Church; married June 24, 1908, to Miss Daisy Minnich, Arcanum, Ohio; have one son, Robert McNair Burke, married September 23, 1939, to Miss Alberta Herrmann, Hamilton, Ohio; they have two children, Katherine Ellen and Robert Raymond; elected to the Eightieth Congress on November 5, 1946.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Allen, Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, and Shelby (6 counties). Population (1940), 245,130.

WILLIAM M. McCULLOCH, Republican, of Piqua, Ohio; born in Holmes County, Ohio, November 24, 1901; graduated from Wooster High School in 1919; attended College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, 1919-21; graduated from College of Law, Ohio State University in 1925; lawyer; member, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; member Ohio House of Representatives six terms, serving as minority (Republican) leader, 1936-39, and as speaker for three terms; World War II Veteran; Military Government, 1943–45; married Mabel Harris in 1925two children, Nancy, 16, and Ann, 10; elected to the Eightieth Congress on November 4, 1947, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Robert F. Jones.

FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, and Williams (7 counties). Population (1940), 163,561.

CLIFF CLEVENGER, Republican, of Bryan, Ohio; elected to the Seventysixth, Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses. SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Adams, Brown, Clermont, Highland, Pike, and Scioto (6 counties) Population (1940), 207,229.

EDWARD OSCAR MCCOWEN, Republican, of Wheelersburg, Ohio; entered the Seventy-eighth Congress; graduate of Ohio Northern University, B. S. degree;

Ohio State University, B. S. in education; University of Cincinnati, master of education; member of Phi Delta Kappa; past president and a past member of the executive committee of all educational organizations in Ohio in his field of work; has been president of the Ohio County Superintendents' Association; president of the Ohio State Education Association in 1938 and a member of its executive committee to the time of entering Congress; educator; married Clara E. Smith, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution; five children, all college graduates and all have taught or are teaching school-Clara Frances, now Mrs. C. W. Smith, Portsmouth, Ohio, a graduate of Miami University and A. B. from Otterbein College; Eva Rosalie, now Mrs. J. L. Keller, South Webster, Ohio, B. S. in education, Miami University, M. A., University of Michigan (the sonin-law, J. L. Keller, a captain in the U. S. Army, World War II); Edward Reginald, B. S. in education, Ohio University, and master's degree from Northwestern University, a lieutenant in the United States Navy, World War II, now County Superintendent of Schools, Scioto County, Ohio; John Donald Smith, B. S. in education, Ohio University; Florence Kathryn, now Mrs. William L. Carter, Jr. (Mr. Carter, technician fourth grade, Signal Service Bn., World War II), B. S. in education, Ohio University; member of a Masonic lodge, Wheelersburg, past master; member of Royal Arch Masons and Solomon Council, Portsmouth; Kiwanian; member of Methodist Episcopal Church; served as delegate to Ohio Republican State Convention; was requested to be a candidate for the Seventy-eighth Congress by the Sixth District Republican Committee, representing all six counties; was nominated and elected on November 3, 1942, the first Republican Congressman from the Sixth Ohio District since 1928 election; reelected to a second term in 1944 by a majority more than twice that of the first term; reelected for a third term in 1946 by a majority of more than five times that of first election; chairman, Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Logan, Madison, Union, and Warren (9 counties). Population (1940), 302,068.

CLARENCE J. BROWN, Republican, of Blanchester, Ohio; born in Blanchester July 14, 1893; son of Owen and Ellen B. Brown; graduate of Blanchester High School, and Washington and Lee University Law School; honorary degree from Wilmington College; publisher several country newspapers; president of The Brown Publishing Co.; farm operator; Lieutenant Governor of Ohio 1919-23; Secretary of State of Ohio 1927-33; Republican nominee for Governor of Ohio 1934; delegate to various Republican national conventions; member of the Republican National Committee for Ohio; chairman of the Executive Committee of the Republican National Committee; campaign director, Republican National Committee, 1946; member of Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government; married Ethel McKinney July 15, 1916; three children, Betty Jean, Dorothy Lucille, and Clarence J., Jr.; elected to the Seventy-sixth, Seventyseventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Crawford, Hancock, Hardin, Marion, Morrow, and Wyandot (6 counties). Population (1940), 183,187.

FREDERICK C. SMITH, Republican, of Marion, Ohio; physician and surgeon; elected to the Seventy-sixth Congress; reelected to the Seventy-seventh, Seventy-eighth, Seventy-ninth, and Eightieth Congresses.

NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Lucas and Ottawa (2 counties). Population (1940), 368,693.

HOMER A. RAMEY, Republican, of Toledo, Ohio; admitted to the bar in 1916 and commenced practice in Put in Bay, Ohio; member of Ohio House of Representatives, 1920-24; served in the Ohio Senate, 1925-26; judge of the Municipal Court of Toledo, Ohio, 1926-43; member of Toledo Bar Association, Lucas County Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, a sustaining member of the American Bar Association, and member of the American Judicature Society; married, November 29, 1915, to Ruby Dearth, of Ada, Ohio, two sonsMalcolm B. Ramey, attorney in Toledo, and Bernard C. Ramey, residing in Syoset, N. Y.; elected to the Seventy-eighth Congress November 3, 1942; reelected to the Seventy-ninth Congress November 7, 1944; reelected to the Eightieth Congress on November 5, 1946.

TENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, and Vinton (6 counties). Population (1940), 180,482.

THOMAS A. JENKINS, Republican, of Ironton; born in Jackson County, Ohio; married to Miss Mabel Wynne; graduate Providence University and Ohio

State University; admitted to bar in 1907; elected prosecuting attorney, Lawrence County, Ohio, two terms; elected to State Senate of Ohio in 1922; delegate to Republican Conventions at Kansas City, Philadelphia, and Chicago; member of the Platform Committee of the Republican Convention in Philadelphia in 1940; elected in 1924 to Sixty-ninth Congress and reelected to all subsequent Congresses; chairman of Republican Congressional Food Study Committee in 1944-46; member of Ways and Means Committee; member of House Select Committee on Foreign Aid.

ELEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Fairfield, Hocking, Perry, Pickaway, and Ross (5 counties). Population (1940), 181,117.

WALTER ELLSWORTH BREHM, Republican, of Logan, Ohio; born in Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, May 25, 1892; attended Boston University, Ohio Wesleyan University, and was graduated from Ohio State University in 1917 with D. D. S. degree; member of Logan City Council, 1936-38; member of the Ohio House of Representatives, 1938-42; served 4 years, Company D, Seventh Regiment, Ohio Infantry; married Miss Lucille Fountain; two sons, Thomas and James; elected to the Seventy-eighth Congress on November 3, 1942, to the Seventy-ninth Congress on November 7, 1944, and to the Eightieth Congress November 5, 1946.

TWELFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTY: Franklin. Population (1940), 388,712.

JOHN M. VORYS, Republican, of Columbus, Ohio; lawyer; born in Lancaster, Ohio, June 16, 1896; attended public schools in Lancaster and Columbus, Ohio; graduated from Columbus East High School, Yale University (B. A.), Ohio State University (juris doctor); naval aviator No. 73 in World War I, served overseas, retiring to inactive service in 1919 with rank of lieutenant, senior grade; teacher in the College of Yale in China, Changsha, China, 1919-20; assistant secretary, American delegation, Conference on Limitation of Armament and Pacific and Far East Affairs, Washington, 1921-22; representative from Franklin County in Ohio General Assembly, 1923-24; senator from tenth district in Ohio General Assembly, 1925-26; first director of aeronautics of Ohio, 1929-30; member of the law firm of Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, 1926-39; president, Columbus Bar Association, 1938; married Lois West, of Lucknow, India, in 1927; three childrenMartin, Jeanny Esther, and Mary; elected to Seventy-sixth Congress in 1938; reelected to each succeeding Congress.

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca, and Wood (5 counties). Population (1940), 219,310.

ALVIN F. WEICHEL, Republican, of Sandusky, Ohio; son of Mr. and Mrs. Otto A. Weichel, of Sandusky; educated in Sandusky schools; was graduated from Ferris Institute, Big Rapids, Michigan, the University of Michigan with A. B. degree, and the Michigan College of Law with LL. B. degree in 1924; admitted to practice in Ohio in 1924; commissioner of insolvents; prosecuting attorney of Erie County 1931-37; president of Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association; special counsel for Attorney General of Ohio; lecturer, Ohio State University; member of Ohio Bar Examiners' Committee; member, County, State, and American Bar Associations; admitted to practice in county, State, and Federal courts; member of the American Legion; elected to the Seventy-eighth Congress, the Seventy-ninth Congress, and reelected to the Eightieth Congress.

FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Lorain, Medina, Portage, and Summit (4 counties). Population (1940), 531,489.

WALTER B. HUBER, Democrat, of Akron, Ohio; born in Akron, Ohio, June 29, 1903; married; one son; elected to the Seventy-ninth Congress on November 7, 1944; reelected to the Eightieth Congress.

FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Guernsey, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, and Washington (6 counties). Population (1940), 199,609.

P. W. GRIFFITHS, Republican, of Marietta, Ohio; born at Taylor, Pa. March 30, 1893; attended the public schools; was graduated from Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pa., in 1921 with B. S. degree and from Columbia University, New York, N. Y., in 1930, with M. A. degree; automobile dealer;