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North Carolina, 1935-1936; Wake Forest College, 1938-1939;
Wake Forest Law School, 1939-1941, 1945-1946, LL.B. Degree,
1946; Law School, Duke University, 1946. Attorney. Member,
William G. Hill Lodge No. 218, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-
sons. Served in the Army Air Force from August, 1941 to Decem-
ber, 1945, being separated with rank of Captain. Baptist. Mar-
ried Miss Marlowe Mosshart of Princeton, 111., 1945. Two daugh-
ters: Jamieson and Shannon. Address: 2913 Anderson Drive,
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EUGENE GUILFORD SHAW

COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE

(Appointed by the Governoi)

Eugene Guilford Shaw, Democrat, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa.,
April 2, 1899. Son of James Henry and Lillian (White) Shaw.
Attended Greensboro High School, 1912-1917; Oak Ridge Military
Institute, 1917-1918; University of North Carolina, 1920-1923;
University of North Carolina Law School. Attorney at Law. Tax
Administrator. Member, Greensboro Bar Association; N. C. Bar
Association; American Bar Association; Executives Club; Greens-
boro Real Estate Board; American Title Association. Past Presi-
dent, Bar Association of 12th Judicial District. Charter member
and Past President, Guilford County Young Democratic Club.
Former Secretary, Guilford County Board of Elections. Former
Executive Vice-Chairman, Guilford County Democratic Execu-
tive Committee. Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court of Guilford
County, 1923-1925. Public Administrator in Guilford County,
1932-1939. Former member Executive Committee of the N. C.
Symphony Society. Member, Executive Board of Piedmont Festi-
val of Music and Art; Executive Board Euterpe Club of Greens-
boro. Charter member of the Greensboro Opera Association. Sea-
man 2c, U. S. Navy in World War L Member, Corinthian Lodge
No. 542 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Past Master, 1929-
1930. Member, Oasis Temple Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
Mystic Shi'ine. Appointed Commissioner of Revenue on April 26,
1949 by Governor Kerr Scott for a term expiring Januaiy 1,
1953. Presbyterian. Married Miss Alice Elizabeth Lindsay of
Taylorsville, N. C, April 3, 1926. One son: Eugene Guilford
Shaw, Age 23, a Senior in Princeton University. Address: 1616
Nottingham Road, Greensboro, N. C.



HARRY TRACY WESTCOTT

state utilities commissioner

(Appointed by the Governor with the approval of the Senate)

Harry Tracy Westcott, Democrat, was born in Manteo, N. C,
April 13, 1906. Son of George Thomas and Odessa (Tillett) West-
cott. Attended Manteo Graded School, 1914-1920; Manteo High



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School, 1920-1924; North Carolina State College, B.S. Degree,
1928. Attended and completed School of Transportation and Mar-
keting conducted by the University of Chicago in cooperation
with the U. S. Department of Agriculture in New York, 1938.
President, Inspectors Association of America, 1941. Marketing
Specialist, N. C. Department of Agriculture, 1936-1948. Adminis-
trator, Federal Marketing Agreement and Order No. 81 States of
N. C. and Virginia, 1948. Director of Markets, State of North
Carolina, 1948-1950. Appointed by Governor Scott as a member
of the Utilities Commission, March 1, 1950. Reappointed for a
term of six years, February 1, 1951. Methodist. Married Miss
Helen Rankin of Gastonia, N. C, March 21, 1942. Two children:
Helen Rankin Westcott; Robert Thomas Westcott. Address: 1132
Harvey Street, Raleigh, N. C.



CHARLES MARSHALL WILLIAMS

DIRECTOR DIVISION OF PURCHASE AND CONTRACT

(Appointed by the Governor)

Charles Marshall Williams, Democrat, was born in Clinton, S. C,
May 21, 1903. Son of D. Marshall and Alice (Boyd) Williams.
Graduated from High School, 1920; A.B., Wofford College. Chair-
man, Board of County Commissioners of Alamance County, 1938-
1946. Member, National Association of Purchasing Agents; Na-
tional Institute of Governmental Purchasing Agents; National
Association of State Purchasing Officials; The Carolinas-Virginia
Purchasing Agents Association. Methodist. Married Miss Mary
Johnson, September, 1930. One son: Roger Marshall Williams.
Address: 2514 St. Marys Street, Raleigh, N. C.



STANLEY WINBORNE

CHAIRMAN STATE UTILITIES COMMISSION

(Appointed by the Governor with approval of the Senate)

Stanley Winborne, Democrat, was born at Murfreesboro, N. C,
August 25, 1886. Son of B. B. and Nellie (Vaughan) Winborne.
Attended public schools; Dr. E. E. Parham's School, Murfrees-
boro; University of North Carolina 1907; Ph.B. Degree. Member

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of North Carolina Bar Association. Member of the North Caro-
lina Society of the Cincinnati. Mason. Pi Kappa Alpha Fra-
ternity; Order of the Gorgan's Head. Kiwanis Club. Mayor, Mur-
freesboro 1909-1910; County Attorney 1911-1914; Representative
from Hertford County 1915-1919; Senator from First District
1921; Democratic nominee for Presidential Elector 1928. Ap-
pointed member of the Corporation Commission in February 1930,
by Governor Gardner; elected for unexpired term in November
1930; re-elected for regular term 1932. Appointed Utilities Com-
missioner by Governor Ehringhaus, effective January 1, 1934;
elected for four-year term in November 1934; re-elected November
8, 1938; made Chairman of present N. C. Utilities Commission by
General Assembly 1941. Methodist. Married Miss Frances Sharp
Jernigan, April 17, 1912. Four sons, three daughters, eight grand-
sons and six granddaughters. Address: Raleigh, N. C.



DR. ELLEN WINSTON

COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE

(Appointed by the State Board of Public Welfare.
Subject to approval by the Governor)

Dr. Ellen Winston, Democrat, was born in Bryson City, N. C.
Daughter of Stanley Warren and Marianna (Fischer) Black. At-
tended Bryson City Public Schools; Converse College, Spartan-
burg, S. C, A.B.; Graduate work at N. C. State College and Uni-
versity of North Carolina; University of Chicago, M.A.; Ph.D.
Honorary L.H.D., Woman's College of University of North Caro-
lina, 1948. Appointed Commissioner of the State Board of Public
Welfare, June 1, 1944. Member American Sociological Society,
American Public Welfare Association, National Conference of
Social Work, North Carolina Conference for Social Service, North
Carolina Mental Hygiene Society, American Association of Uni-
versity Women, Raleigh Business and Professional Women's Club,
Raleigh Woman's Club, and North Carolina Archaeological
Society. President State Legislative Council, 1943-1944; Legisla-
tive Chairman State Federation of Women's Clubs, 1943-1944. In-
ternational Relations Chairman, N. C. Branch American Associa-
tion of University Women, 1943-1946. Chairman Administrative
Board of State Nutrition Committee, 1947-1948. President, N. C.



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Conference for Social Service, 1948-1950. Member various Na-
tional Committees of American Sociological Society. Head, Depart-
ment of Sociology and Economics, Meredith College, 1940-1944.
Consultant Federal Works Project Administration, 1939-1943.
Consultant National Resources Planning Board, 1940-1943. Con-
sultant United States Office of Education, 1942-1944. Member
Consultant United States Office of Education, 1942-1944. Member
Board of Directors, North Carolina Mental Hygiene Society,
North Carolina Conference for Social Service, and Hospital for
Treatment of Children Affected with Spastic Ailments. Chair-
man North Carolina Board of Eugenics. Ex-officio Member N. C.
Medical Care Commission, State Recreation Commission, State
Commission for the Blind, and State Board cf Correction and
Training. Member of Resource-Use Education Commission; Com-
miisicn on Domestic Relations Statute; First Vice-Chairman, Na-
tional Commission on Children and Youth. Vice-President, Amer-
ican Public Welfare Association; Membei', Fact-finding Com-
mittee, Midcentury White House Conference on Children and
Youth; Member, Slum Clearance Advisory Committee, U. S. Hous-
ing and Home Finance Agency; Chairman, Services to Individuals
and Families, National Conference cf Social Work. Listed in
"Biographical Directory of American Scholars," "Who's Who in
the American Education," "Who's Who in the Western Hemis-
phere," and "Who's Who in America." Co-author of "Seven Lean
Years"; "The Plantation South, 1934-1937"; "Foundations of
American Population Policy." Author of numerous articles dealing
with social and economic problems. Formerly special technical
editor National Econom.ic and Social Planning Association and
for the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Presbyterian. Mar-
lied Dr. Sanford Richard Winston. Address: Raleigh, N. C.



ROBERT WATSON WINSTON

CHAIRMAN BOARD OF ALCOHOLIC CONTROL

(Appointed by the Governor)

Robert Watson Winston, Democrat, was born in Oxford, N. C,
December 17, 1891. Son of Robeit Watson and Sophronia (Hor-
ner) Winston. Attended Horner Military School, 1906-1907-1908;
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Toulouse, Toulouse, France, 1919; University of North Carolina
Law School, 1913-1914. Representative from Wake County in the
General Assembly of 1917. Graduate First Officer's Training
Camp, Camp Warden McLean, August, 1917. Commissioner Cap-
tain Field Artillery; stationed Fort Jackson, Columbia, S. C,
August, 1917-July, 1918; Graduate School of Fire, Ft. Sill, Okla-
homa, March 1918; Overseas' service July, 1918-July, 1919. Epis-
copalian. Married Miss Helyn Britt, July, 1946. Three children:
Mrs. H. K. Witherspoon; Charles McKimmon Winston; James
Horner Winston. Address: 116 Hawthorne Road, Raleigh, N. C.



HENRY ALTON WOOD

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, N. C. STATE COMMISSION FOR THE BLIND

(Appointed by the Commission)

Henry Alton Wood, Democrat, was born in Lincolnton, N. C,
September 7, 1904. Son of John Henry and Ella (Heavner)
Wood. Attended Valle Crucis Industrial School; Lincolnton High
School; A.B., University of North Carolina, 1927; University of
North Carolina Graduate School, 1928-1931. Member, National
Rehabilitation Association; N. C. Society Social Service; N. C.
Society Crippled Children; Exceptional Child; I APES; American
Association for the Blind; National Society for the Prevention of
Blindness; Association of Rehabilitation Workers for the Blind,
National President, 1949; Director, American Association Work-
ers for the Blind, 1950. Secretary, States Council of Agencies for
the Blind, 1948. Member, Raleigh Lions Club. Episcopalian. Mar-
ried Miss Pauline Patton, June 17, 1933. One daughter: Polly
Patton, age 14. Address: 2619 Grant Avenue, Raleigh, N. C.



NATHAN HUNTER YELTON

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY. TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM

(Elected by Board of Trustees)

Nathan Hunter Yelton, Democrat, was born at Bakersville,
N. C, April 5, 1901. Son of David and Sarah Jane (Deyton) Yel-
ton. Attended Berea Academy, Ky., 1916-1918; Friendsville High



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School, (Tenn.) 1921-1922; Yancey Colle^ate Institute, Burnsville,
N. C, 1922-1923; Maryville College, Tenn.. 1923-1924; Summer
Schools, University of Tennessee; B.S., Vanderbilt University;
George Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn., 1928; Graduate work at
the University of North Carolina, 1930, and in School Adminis-
tration, George Peabody, 1931. Member of Municipal Finance Of-
ficers Association, U. S. and Canada; Southern Conference on
Teacher Retirement; National Council on Teacher Retirement.
President High School Principals Association, Western District,
N.C.E.A., 1931; Western District, Superintendent's Association,
N.C.E.A., 1934. Superintendent Mitchell County Schools, 1931-
1937; State Director Public Assistance, 1937-1941; Executive Sec-
retary, State School Commission, 1941-1942; Controller State
Board of Education, 1942-1943; Director and Executive Secretary
of the North Carolina Local Governmental Employees' Retirement
System for cities and counties of North Carolina which began
July 1, 1945. Immediate past president of Southern Conference
Retirement Officials. Chairman Mitchell County Democratic Exec-
utive Committee, 1933-1937; Delegate to 1936 National Democratic
Convention in Philadelphia; Member State Democratic Executive
Committee, 1933-1943; elected again in 1945 and at present a mem-
ber of The State Democratic Executive Committee. Member
Board of Directors National Council on Teacher Retirement and
Chairman Legislative Committee. Immediate Past President South-
ern Conference on Teacher Retirement. Pvt., Student Army
Training Corps, 1918; Captain U. S. Army, December 19, 1943
to October 7, 1945 with eighteen months overseas. Attached to
British 11th Armored Division for eight months; participated in
the invasion of Normandy, Northern France and Rhineland Cam-
paigns. Attached to 3rd Army with headquarters in Munich in
charge of Military Government Education program for Bavaria
in the denazification of the German School System. Promoted to
rank of Major and now holds this commission in the Officers Re-
serve Corps. Mason, member Raleigh Lodge 500. Member Ameri-
can Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Raleigh Lions Club.
Presbyterian; Deacon. Married Miss Cerena Sue Polk on April
16, 1922. One daughter, Natalie, Address: 113 Lake Boone Trail,
Raleigh, N. C.



Senator Willis Smith



Bonner — First District



Kerr — Second District



Barden — Third District



Cooley — Fourth District



Chatham — Fifth District



Durham — Sixth District




UNITED STATES SENATORS
CLYDE R. HOEY

UNITED STATES SENATOR

Clyde R. Hoey, Democrat, was born in Shelby, N. C, December
n, 1877. Son of Captain S. A. and Mary Charlotte Catherine
Hoey. Attended Shelby High School, but left school and began
work October 1, 1890, in a printing office. Purchased a newspaper
and began editing and publiKhing same, August 1, 1894, and con-
tinued in that capacity until January 1, 1908. In the meantime
studied law and, after reaching twenty-one, was licensed to prac-
tice in 1899, continuing to practice along- with the newspaper work
until 1908, since then entire time has been given to the practice
of law. Attended University of North Carolina Summer Law
School, June-September, 1899. Lawyer. Member North Carolina
Bar Association; the American Bar Association; North Carolina
State Bar. Representative from Cleveland County in the General
Assembly of 1899 and 1901; State Senator, 1903. Chairman, Cleve-
land County Democratic Executive Committee, 1903-1909. Served
on State Advisory Democratic Committee ten years. Assistant
U. S. Attorney for Western District of North Carolina, July, 1913,
to December, 1919. Member Congress, December, 1919, to March
4. 1921. Served as Governor of North Carolina, January 7, 1937-
January 9, 1941. LL.D., Davidson College, 1937; LL.D., University
of North Carolina, 1938; LL.D., Duke University, 1938. Elected
to the United States Senate in 1944 for a term of six years; re-
elected in 1950 for another term of six years; member of Senate
Committees on Agriculture, Finance and Expenditures in the Ex-
ecutive Departments. Mason; Junior Order; Red Men; Woodmen
of the World; Knights of Pythias; Odd Fellows. Methodist. Mar-
ried Miss Bessie Gardner, March 22, 1900, who died Februaiy 13,
1942. Children: Clyde R. Hoey, Jr., Charles A. Hoey, and Isabel
Hoey Paul. Home address: Shelby, N. C.



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WILLIS SMITH

UNITED STATES SENATOR

Willis Smith, Democrat, of Raleigh, North Carolina; Lawyer;
born Norfolk, Va.; December 19, 1887. Son of Willis and Mary
Shaw (Creecy) Smith; graduate Atlantic Collegiate Institute,
Elizabeth City, N. C, 1905; A.B., Trinity College (now Duke
University) 1910, law school, Duke University, 1912; Admitted to
N. C. Bar, 1912; law firm. Smith, Leach & Anderson. U. S. Ai-my,
Fortress Monroe, Va., July-November 1918. Inheritance tax attor-
ney, N. C. 1915-1920; member N. C. House of Representatives,
1927-1929-1931, (Speaker of House, 1931); chairman Democratic
State Convention, 1940; delegate Democratic National Convention,
Chicago, 1944. Member commission preparing rules for use Federal
courts in North Carolina, 1933; member Federal Judicial confer-
ence, 4th Circuit. Member Board of Trustees, Patrick Henry
Memorial Foundation, National Probation Association; member
American Bar Association. (General Council, 1935-36) ; state
delegate, 1936-1939; board of governors, 1941-1944; president,
1945-1946. Observer Nuremburg Trials, 1946; member N. C. State
Bar Association, (President 1941-1942) ; W^ake County Bar Asso-
ciation (president 1943-1944;) 7th Judicial District Bar Associa-
tion, American Legislators Association, (member board managers,
1932-1933) ; American Law Institute, American Counsel Associa-
tion, American Judicature Society, International Association Ins.
Counsel (President 1941-1943); American Legion; President's
Amnesty Board (1947); Society of Forty & Eight; Sigma Phi
Epsilon; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.
Trustee Duke University (Chairman Board since 1947); Metho-
dist. Clubs: Lawyers, Kiwanis, Carolina Country, University New
York, Dunes. Elected to U. S. Senate November 7, 1950, and sworn
in November 27, 1950. Married Anna Lee, April 30, 1919; chil-
dren, Willis, Lee Creecy, Alton Battle, and Anna Lee. Address:
Raleigh, N. C.



Biographical Sketches 393

REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS

HERBERT COVINGTON BONNER

(First District — Counties, Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Curri-
tuck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perqui-
mans, Pitt, Tyrrell and Washington. Population, 247,894.)

Hei'bert Covington Bonner, Democrat, was born in Washington,
N. C, May 16, 1891. Son of Macon Herbert and Hannah Selby
(Hare) Bonner. Attended Public and Private Schools, Washing-
ton, N. C; Warrenton High School 1906-1909. Farmer. Sergeant
Co. I, 322nd Infantry, 81st Division World War I. Attended Officers
Training School, Longres, France, after Armistice. Commander
Beaufort County Post 1922, and District Commander American
Legion, N. C. Dept., 1940. Elected to Seventy-sixth Congress from
the First Congressional District, November 1940, to succeed Lind-
say C. Warren, resigned. Re-elected to Seventy-seventh, Seventy-
eighth, Seventy-ninth, Eightieth, Eighty-first, and Eighty-second
Congresses. Episcopalian. Mason, Shriner, Elk and Legionnaire.
Married Mrs. Eva Hassell Hackney, August 2, 1924. Address:
Washington, N. C.

JOHN HOSEA KERR

(Second District — Counties: Bertie, Edgecombe, Greene, Hali-
fax, Lenoir, Northampton, Warren, and Wilson. Population, 306-
904.)

John Hosea Kerr, Democrat, of Warrenton, was born at Yancey-
ville, N. C. Son of Captain John H. Kerr, of the Confederate
Army, and Eliza Katherine (Yancey) Kerr. Was a student in
Bingham School, Orange County, N. C, just prior to its removal
to the City of Asheville. Graduated with A.B. Degree from Wake
Forest College in 1895. Studied law at Wake Forest under Dr.
Needham Y. Gulley and was of the first three law students to be
admitted to the Bar fi'om this institution, and the only one of
these thiee to practice law in the State of North Carolina. De-
gree of Doctor of Law was bestowed by the Trustees of Wake
Forest College, 1945. Elected Solicitor of what is now the Third
Judicial District and served for eleven years. While Solicitor was
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eight years. While serving' on the Bench was nominated for Con-
gress to succeed Hon. Claude Kitchin, deceased. Was elected to the
68th Congress of the United States at a Special Election held
November 6, 1923, and re-elected to the 69th and each succeeding
Congress. The ranking Democrat on the Committee on Appro-
priations and the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Deficiencies
and Army Civil Functions; Member Democratic House Steering
Committee. In 1935, vi^as appointed by the President as one of a
Special Congressional Committee composed of three Senators and
six Representatives to investigate the eligibility for admission of
the Hawaiian Islands into the Union as a State. In 1941, was ap-
pointed by the Secretary of State as Chairman of the American
Delegation to the International Congress of the Western Hemis-
phere held in Mexico City. Married Miss Ella Foote, of Warren-
ton, and two sons were born of this marriage, John Hosea, Jr.,
and James Yancey; (Mrs. Kerr died June 4, 1949). Home address:
Warrenton, N. C.

GRAHAM A. BARDEN

(Third District — Counties: Carteret, Ci'aven, Duplin, Jones,
Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Sampson, and Wayne. Population, 308,-
470.)

Graham Arthur Barden, Democrat, was born in Sampson
County, N. C, September 25, 1896. Son of James Jefferson and
Mary Robinson (James) Barden. Attended Burgaw High School;
University of North Carolina, LL.B. Degree. Attorney-at-law.
Member of Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; Sigma Chi Frater-
nity. Member of Sudan Shrine; Doric Masonic Lodge; Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks; American Legion; Master of Doric
Lodge 1928; Exalted Ruler of the Elks Lodge; Commander of
the American Legion; Counsellor of the Junior Order. Served in
the United States Navy during World War I. Judge of Craven
County Court. Representative from Craven County to General
Assembly 1933. Elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress, the Sev-
enty-fifth Congress, the Seventy-sixth Congress, the Seventy-sev-
enth Congress, the Seventy-eighth Congress, the Seventy-ninth
Congress, the Eightieth Congress, the Eighty-first Congress and
the Eighty-second Congress. Presbyterian; Deacon of First Pres-



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byterian Church, New Bern. Married Miss Agnes Foy; two chil-
dren, Graham A., Jr., and Agnes F. Barden. Address: New Bern,
N. C.

HAROLD D. COOLEY

(Fourth District — Counties: Chatham, Franklin, Johnston,
Nash, Randolph, Vance, and Wake. Population, 401,913.)

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, 2nd, and a
daughter, Hattie Davis Cooley. Elected to Seventy-third Congress,
July 7, 1934; re-elected to the Seventy-foui'th Congress, Novem-
ber 6, 1934, and to each succeeding Congress. Address: Nash-
ville, N. C.

THURMOND CHATHAM

(Fifth District — Counties : Caswell, Forsyth, Granville, Person,
Rockingham, Stokes, Surry. Population, 355,088.)

Thurmond Chatham, Democrat, was born at Elkin, N. C, August
16, 1896. Son of Hugh Gwyn and Martha Lenoir (Thurmond)
Chatham. Attended Woodberry Forest School, 1912-1915; Uni-
versity of North Carolina, 1915-1916; Yale University, 1916-1917;
Honorary Degree, Doctor Textile Science, State College, 1941.
Woolen Blanket Manufacturer; Chairman of Board, Chatham
Manufacturing Company, Elkin. Member Forsyth County Com-
missioners, 1924-1928; Board of Conservation and Development,
1936-1940. Trustee University of North Carolina. Former Presi-
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Association. Seaman 2nd Class, U. S. Navy, 1917; Ensign (T),
1918-1919; Commander, 1942-1946. Service in Atlantic and Pacific,
1943-1944 on U.S.S. Phoenix. Awarded Bronze Star for combat
operations; Secretary Navy Commendation Medal. Methodist. Mar-
ried Miss Lucy Hodgin Hanes, October 29, 1919 who died in 1949.
Remarried Mrs. Patricia Firestone Coyner November 1950. Two
sons: Hugh Gwynn Chatham and Richard Thurmond Chatham,
Jr. Address: 112 Stratford Road, Winston-Salem, N. C.

CARL T. DURHAM

(Sixth District — Counties: Alamance, Durham, Guilford and
Orange. Population, 398,351.)

Carl Thomas Durham, Democrat, was born at White Cross, Bing-
ham Township, Orange County, N. C, August 28, 1892. Son of
Claude P. and Delia Ann (Lloyd) Durham. Attended White Cross
Graded School 1898 to 1908; Mandale High School 1909, 1910, 1911
and 1912; University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy 1916
and 1917. Pharmacist. Member N.C.P.A.; vice-president N.C.P.A.
Member Chapel Hill Board of Aldermen 1922 to 1927; Chapel Hill
School Board 1927 to 1938; Orange County Board of Commis-
sioners 1933 to December 1, 1938. Elected to the 76th Congress,