Historical Occupancy of 115 Cannon HOB

Members who occupied what is now 115 Cannon House Office Building are:
Henry Harrison Bingham of Pennsylvania (1909-1912)
Born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 4, 1841; was graduated from Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1862 and from the law department of Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa.; during the Civil War entered the Union Army as a first lieutenant in the 140th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, August 22, 1862; commissioned captain September 9, 1862; major and judge advocate September 20, 1864; brevetted major of Volunteers August 1, 1864; brevetted lieutenant colonel of Volunteers April 9, 1865; colonel and brigadier general of Volunteers April 9, 1865; honorably mustered out of service July 2, 1866; awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor August 26, 1893, for actions at the Battle of the Wilderness, Virginia, May 6, 1864; appointed postmaster of Philadelphia in March 1867 and served until December 1872, when he resigned to accept the clerkship of the courts of oyer and terminer and quarter sessions of the peace in Philadelphia, having been elected by the people; reelected clerk of courts in 1875; delegate to the Republican National Conventions 1872-1900; elected as a Republican to the 46th and to the 16 succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1879, until his death in Philadelphia March 22, 1912; chairman, Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads (47th and 51st Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (54th Congress); interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.

Wyatt Aiken of South Carolina (1909-1917)
Born near Macon, Ga., December 14, 1863; son of U.S. Representative David Wyatt Aiken; reared in Cokesbury, Abbeville (now Greenwood) County, S.C.; attended the public schools of Cokesbury and of Washington, D.C.; official court reporter for the second South Carolina judicial circuit and, later, for the Eighth Circuit; volunteered as a private in Company A, 1st South Carolina Regiment of Infantry, during the war with Spain; later appointed battalion adjutant by Governor Ellerbe, and acted as regimental quartermaster during the greater portion of his service; was mustered out in Columbia, S.C., November 10, 1898; elected as a Democrat to the 58th and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1903-March 3, 1917); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916 and again in 1918; lived in retirement until his death in Abbeville, S.C., February 6, 1923; interment in Melrose Cemetery.

Stanley Hubert Dent, Jr., of Alabama (1909-1915)
Born in Eufaula, Barbour County, Ala., August 16, 1869; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Southern University (later known as Birmingham Southern College), Greensboro, Ala., in 1886; was graduated from the University of Virginia Law School at Charlottesville in 1889; was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced in Eufaula, Ala., until 1899; moved to Montgomery, Ala., in 1899 and continued the practice of his profession; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1901; prosecuting attorney for Montgomery County 1902-1909; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1908; elected as a Democrat to the 61st and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1909-March 3, 1921); chairman, Committee on Military Affairs (65th Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1920; resumed the practice of law in Montgomery, Ala.; served as president of the State constitutional convention for repeal of the 18th Amendment in 1933; died in Montgomery, Ala., on October 6, 1938; interment in Eufaula Cemetery, Eufaula, Ala.

James Sanford Davenport of Oklahoma (1912-1915)
Born on a farm near Gaylesville, Cherokee County, Ala., September 21, 1864; moved with his parents to Conway, Faulkner County, Ark., in 1880; attended the common schools, Vilona (Ark.) High School, and Greenbrier (Ark.) Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar of Faulkner County February 14, 1890, and commenced practice in Conway; in October of that year moved to Muskogee, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), and in 1893 to Vinita, where he engaged in the practice of law; member of the Territorial council 1897-1901, serving as speaker the last two years of his term; one of the attorneys for the Cherokee Nation 1901-1907; mayor of Vinita in 1903 and 1904; elected as a Democrat to the 60th Congress on September 17, 1907, and served from November 16, 1907, when Oklahoma was admitted as a State into the Union, until March 3, 1909; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1908 to the 61st Congress; elected to the 62nd, 63rd, and 64th Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1917); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1916 to the 65th Congress; resumed the practice of law in Vinita; was elected judge of the criminal court of appeals of Oklahoma in November 1926; reelected in 1932 and served until his death in Oklahoma City, Okla., January 3, 1940; interment in Fairview Cemetery, Vinita, Okla.

John Morgan Evans of Montana (1915-1921)
Born in Sedalia, Pettis County, Mo., January 7, 1863; attended the common schools, the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1884 and 1885, and was graduated from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1887; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1888 and commenced practice in Missoula, Mont.; judge of the police court 1889-1894; register of the United States land office 1894-1898; mayor of Missoula under the first city commission government established in the State in 1911 and 1912; elected as a Democrat to the 63rd and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1913-March 3, 1921); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1920 to the 67th Congress; resumed the practice of law in Missoula, Mont.; elected to the 68th and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1933); chairman, Committee on Public Lands (72nd Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1932; retired from active practice and resided in Washington, D.C., until his death March 12, 1946; interment in Missoula Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.

Edward John King of Illinois (1915-1921)
Born in Springfield, Mass., July 1, 1867; moved to Illinois with his parents, who settled in Galesburg, Knox County, in 1880; attended the public schools, and Knox College at Galesburg, Ill.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Galesburg, Ill.; city attorney in 1893 and 1894; member of the State house of representatives 1907-1914; elected as a Republican to the 64th and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1915, until his death; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture (67th through 69th Congresses); had been reelected to the 71st Congress; died in Washington, D.C., February 17, 1929; interment in Hope Abbey Mausoleum, Hope Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.

Hubert Frederick Fisher of Tennessee (1917-1921)
Born in Milton, Santa Rosa County, Fla., October 6, 1877; attended the common schools and was graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1898; took a postgraduate course at Princeton University in 1900 and 1901; star football player at Princeton in 1901; was the third head football coach at the University of Tennessee (1902-1903); studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Memphis, Tenn.; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912; member of the State senate in 1913 and 1914; United States attorney for the western district of Tennessee 1914-1917; elected as a Democrat to the 65th and to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1931); was not a candidate for renomination in 1930; due to deafness retired from active legal and political activities and moved to Germantown, Tenn., where he engaged in nursery pursuits; died June 16, 1941, while on a visit in New York City; interment in Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.

Harris Jacob Bixler of Pennsylvania (1921-1925)
Born in New Buffalo, Perry County, Pa., September 16, 1870; attended the public schools and Lock Haven State Normal School; taught school in the country districts in Perry and Clinton Counties 1878-1892; attended Potts Business College, Williamsport, Pa.; moved to Johnsonburg, Elk County, Pa., in 1892 and worked as a shipping clerk; later was engaged in banking and manufacturing; director of the Johnsonburg National Bank; served as president of the city council 1900-1904 and as president of the board of education 1904-1910; mayor of Johnsonburg 1908-1912; sheriff of Elk County, Pa., 1916-1920; chairman of the Republican county committee 1916-1925; treasurer of Elk County 1920-1922; elected as a Republican to the 67th, 68th, and 69th Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1927); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1926; engaged in business as a freight contractor and also interested in agricultural pursuits; died in Johnsonburg, Pa., on March 29, 1941; interment in Duncannon Cemetery, Duncannon, Pa.

Frank Hamilton Funk of Illinois (1921-1927)
Born in Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., April 5, 1869; son of U.S. Representative Benjamin Franklin Funk; attended the public schools and the Illinois Normal School at Normal, Ill.; was graduated from the Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, N.J., in 1888 and from Yale University in 1891; engaged in agricultural pursuits and livestock production in Bloomington, Ill., member of the Illinois Republican State central committee 1906-1912; member of the State senate 1909-1911; unsuccessful candidate of the Progressive Party for Governor of Illinois in 1912; chairman of the Illinois delegation to the Progressive National Conventions in 1912 and 1916; unsuccessful Progressive nominee for United States Senator in 1913; commissioner on the Illinois Public Utilities Commission 1914-1921; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1920; elected as a Republican to the 67th, 68th, and 69th Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1927); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1926; retired from public life and active business pursuits; resided at Bloomington, Ill., until his death there on November 24, 1940; interment in Funk’s Grove Cemetery, Funk’s Grove, Ill.

Elliott Wilford Sproul of Illinois (1921-1931)
Born in Apohaqui, Kings County, New Brunswick, Canada, December 28, 1856; attended the public schools; moved to Boston, Mass., in 1879 and to Chicago, Ill., in 1880, and engaged in the building and contracting business; was naturalized in 1886; member of the Chicago City Council 1896-1899; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1920; member of the board of directors of the Chicago Public Library 1919-1921; elected as a Republican to the 67th and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1931); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the 72nd Congress; resided in Chicago, Ill., until his death there on June 22, 1935; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Luther Alexander Johnson of Texas (1925-1929)
Born in Corsicana, Navarro County, Tex., October 29, 1875; attended the public schools and was graduated from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1896; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Corsicana, Tex.; prosecuting attorney of Navarro County 1898-1902; district attorney of the 13th Judicial District of Texas 1904-1910; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916; chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1920; elected as a Democrat to the 68th and to the 11 succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his resignation on July 17, 1946; judge of the Tax Court of the United States from July 1946 until his retirement in September 1956; was a resident of Corsicana, Tex., until his death there on June 6, 1965; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.

Thomas Sanders McMillan of South Carolina (1927-1929)
Born near Ulmers, Allendale County, S.C., November 27, 1888; attended the common schools near Ulmers; graduated from Orangeburg (S.C.) Collegiate Institute, 1907; taught school at Perry, Aiken County, S.C., in 1907-1908; graduated from the University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C., 1912; completed the law course at the same university in 1913; admitted to the bar in 1913; lawyer, private practice, Charleston, S.C.; professional baseball player in the South Atlantic League and head baseball coach at The Citadel, 1916-1919; also interested in agricultural pursuits; member of the state House of Representatives, 1917-1924, serving as speaker pro tempore in 1921 and 1922 and as speaker in 1923 and 1924; was not a candidate for renomination in 1924; elected as a Democrat to the 69th and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served until his death on September 29, 1939 (March 4, 1925-September 29, 1939); succeeded by his wife, Representative Clara Gooding McMillan; member of the executive committee of the Interparliamentary Union 1937-1939, serving as delegate to the convention held in Oslo, Norway, in 1939; died in Charleston, S.C., September 29, 1939; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.

Robert E. Lee Blackburn of Kentucky (1929-1931)
Born on a farm near Furnace, Estill County, Ky., April 9, 1870; as an infant moved with his parents to Stanton, Powell County, Ky.; attended the county schools, and Elliott Academy at Kirksville, Madison County, Ky.; traveling salesman for an oil company 1891-1900; during the Spanish-American War served as a second lieutenant in Company C, 4th Infantry, United States Volunteers; engaged in general merchandising at Stanton, Ky., and in agricultural pursuits 1900-1907; member of the state House of Representatives in 1904 and 1905; served as clerk of the court of Powell County 1906 to 1910; was engaged in the insurance and stock brokerage business 1910-1919; moved to Lexington, Ky., in 1919 and continued the insurance and brokerage business; also engaged in the oil-development business; appointed a member of the state Board of Agriculture in 1926 and served until 1928; elected as a Republican to the 71st Congress (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the 72nd Congress and for election in 1932 to the 73rd Congress; resumed his former activities in the oil business and resided in Lexington, Ky., until his death there on September 20, 1935; interment in Stanton Cemetery, Stanton, Ky.

Linwood Leon Clark of Maryland (1929-1931)
Born in Aberdeen, Harford County, Md., on March 21, 1876; attended the public schools; was graduated from Milton Academy, Baltimore, Md., in 1899, from the American University of Harriman, Tenn., in 1902, and from the law department of the University of Maryland in 1904; was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in Baltimore, Md.; completed a LaSalle Extension University course in railway transportation in 1919; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1926 to the 70th Congress; elected as a Republican to the 71st Congress (March 4, 1929-March 3, 1931); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1930 to the 72nd Congress; resumed the practice of law in Baltimore, Md.; judge of the circuit court of Maryland, Fifth Judicial District, 1935-1938; practiced law in Annapolis, Md., and was a resident of Horn Point, near Annapolis, Md.; died in Annapolis, Md., November 18, 1965; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.

John William Boehne, Jr., of Indiana (1931-1932)
Born in Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Ind., March 2, 1895; son of U.S. Representative John William Boehne; attended the public and parochial schools; was graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1918; during the First World War served as a private and sergeant in the Detached Service, Ordnance, United States Army, from January 9, 1918, to April 8, 1919; secretary and treasurer of the Indiana Stove Works at Evansville, Ind., 1920-1931; elected as a Democrat to the 72nd Congress; reelected to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the 78th Congress; corporation tax counselor in Washington, D.C., 1943-1957; retired; died in Irvington, Md., July 5, 1973; interment in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

Oscar Stanton de Priest of Illinois (1931-1932)
Born in Florence, Lauderdale County, Ala., March 9, 1871; moved to Kansas in 1878 with his parents, who settled in Salina; attended the public schools and Salina (Kans.) Normal School; engaged as a painter and decorator; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1889 and became a real estate broker; member of the board of commissioners of Cook County, Ill., 1904-1908; member of the city council 1915-1917; elected as a Republican to the 71st and to the two succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1929-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the 74th Congress and for election in 1936 to the 75th Congress; resumed the real estate business; vice chairman of the Cook County Republican central committee 1932-1934; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1936; again a member of the city council 1943-1947; died in Chicago, Ill., May 12, 1951; interment in Graceland Cemetery.
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William Henry Larrabee of Indiana (1931-1932)
Born on a farm near Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Ind., February 21, 1870; attended the public schools, Indiana Central Normal School at Danville, and Indiana State Normal School at Terre Haute; taught in public schools at New Palestine, Ind., 1889-1895; was graduated from the Indiana School of Medicine at Indianapolis in 1898; commenced practice of medicine and surgery in New Palestine, Ind., in 1898; secretary of Hancock County Board of Health in 1917 and 1918; served on the city council of New Palestine, Ind., 1916-1920; member of the state House of Representatives 1923-1925; elected as a Democrat to the 72nd and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1943); chairman, Committee on the Census (74th and 75th Congresses), Committee on Education (75th through 77th Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1942 to the 78th Congress; resumed the practice of medicine and surgery; died in New Palestine, Ind., November 16, 1960; interment in New Palestine Cemetery.

Edward Aloysius Kenney of New Jersey (1933-1934)
Born in Clinton, Worcester County, Mass., August 11, 1884; attended the public schools; was graduated from Clinton High School in 1902, from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1906, and from the law department of New York University at New York City in 1908; was admitted to the New York State bar in 1908 and commenced practice in New York City; moved to Cliffside Park, Bergen County, N.J., in 1916 and continued the practice of law; during the First World War served as a member of the legal advisory draft board of New Jersey in 1917; judge of recorders court, Cliffside Park, 1919-1923; unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Cliffside Park as an Independent in 1921, as a Republican in 1923, and as a Democrat in 1927; chairman of the Cliffside Park Housing Commission in 1922 and 1923; member of the Republican county committee in 1925 and 1926; elected as a Democrat to the 73rd, 74th, and 75th Congresses and served from March 4, 1933, until his death in Washington, D.C., January 27, 1938; interment in St. John’s Cemetery, Clinton, Mass.

James Simpson, Jr., of Illinois (1933-1934)
Born in Chicago, Ill., January 7, 1905; attended St. Paul’s School in Concord, N.H., 1919-1922, Westminster School, Salisbury, Conn., 1922-1925, and later a student at Harvard University; director of Marshall Field & Co., 1931-1960; elected as a Republican to the 73rd Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934; was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1939; owner and operator of farms near Wadsworth, Lake County, Ill., and Rapidan, Culpeper County, Va.; entered the United States Marine Corps in 1943 and served 36 months, with 24 months in the Pacific area, and was discharged as a captain; civilian aide to Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens in 1953 and 1954; died at his farm near Wadsworth, Ill., February 29, 1960; interment in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.

Charles Gustav Binderup of Nebraska (1935-1936)
Born in Horsens, Denmark, March 5, 1873; when six months old immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled on a farm near Hastings, Adams County, Nebr.; attended the county schools and Grand Island (Nebr.) Business College; engaged in agricultural pursuits near Hastings and Minden, Nebr., and also in the mercantile and creamery business at Minden, Nebr.; elected as a Democrat to the 74th and 75th Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1939); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the 76th Congress and for election as an Independent in 1940 to the 77th Congress; organized and was active in the Constitutional Money League of America in Minden, Nebr., until his death; died in Minden, Nebr., August 19, 1950; interment in Minden Cemetery.

Chauncey William Reed of Illinois (1935-1936)
Born in West Chicago, Du Page County, Ill., June 2, 1890; attended the public schools and Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; city treasurer of West Chicago, Ill., in 1913 and 1914; was graduated from the Webster College of Law, Chicago, Ill., in 1915; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Naperville, Ill.; during the First World War served as a sergeant of Infantry, 86th Division; resumed practice of law at Naperville, Ill.; served as state’s attorney of Du Page County 1920-1935; chairman of Du Page County Republican central committee 1926-1934; elected as a Republican to the 74th and to the 10 succeeding Congresses, and served from January 3, 1935, until his death in Bethesda, Md., February 9, 1956; chairman, Committee on the Judiciary (83rd Congress); interment in Glen Oak Cemetery, West Chicago, Ill.

Frank William Fries of Illinois (1937-1938)
Born in Hornsby, Macoupin County, Ill., May 1, 1893; moved with his parents to Gillespie, Ill., in 1904; attended the public schools; coal miner 1915-1917; during the First World War served as a sergeant in the 37th Company, 153rd Depot Brigade, United States Army, from April 1918 to December 1918; coal mine operator in 1920 and 1921; engaged in the insurance business 1922-1927; moved to Carlinville, Ill., in 1930 and engaged in the wholesale produce business; sheriff of Macoupin County 1930-1934; member of the state House of Representatives 1934-1936; elected as a Democrat to the 75th and 76th Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the 77th Congress; was an arbitrator in the coal industry, 1941-1969; was a resident of Gillespie, Ill., until his death on July 17, 1980; interment in Holy Cross Cemetery.

Lewis Marshall Long of Illinois (1937-1938)
Born in Gardner, Grundy County, Ill., June 22, 1883; attended the public schools of Aurora, Ill., the Plano (Ill.) High School, and the University of Illinois at Urbana; was graduated from the John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Ill., in 1929; was employed as a telegraph operator and station agent at Plano, Ill., and Sandwich, Ill., 1904-1930; was admitted to the bar in 1930 and commenced practice in Sandwich, Ill.; member of the board of aldermen 1922-1926; served as mayor of Sandwich in 1935 and 1936; member of the board of education 1932-1936; elected as a Democrat to the 75th Congress (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1939); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1938 and for election in 1940 to the 77th Congress; resumed the practice of law; served as chief examiner of the Division of Motor Carriers of the State of Illinois from November 1, 1939, to July 1, 1941, when he resigned to engage in motor carrier practice in addition to law practice; died in Sandwich, Ill., September 9, 1957; interment in Oak Ridge Cemetery.

Wilbur Daigh Mills of Arkansas (1939)
Born in Kensett, White County, Ark., May 24, 1909; attended the public schools; Hendrix College, Conway, Ark., and the law department of Harvard University; was admitted to the bar in 1933 and commenced practice in Searcy, Ark.; served as county and probate judge of White County, Ark., 1934-1938; elected as a Democrat to the 76th and to the 18 succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1977); chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (85th through 93rd Congresses), Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation (86th through 93rd Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the 95th Congress; tax consultant for the Washington office of Shea, Gould, Climenko & Casey, a New York law firm; was a resident of Kensett, Ark., until his death in Searcy, Ark., on May 2, 1992; interment in Kensett Cemetery, Kensett, White County, Ark.

Albert Sidney Camp of Georgia (1939-1940)
Born on a farm near Moreland, Coweta County, Ga., July 26, 1892; attended the public schools, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Georgia at Athens in 1915; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice at Newnan, Ga.; during the First World War served overseas as a member of Headquarters Detachment of the 82nd Division 1917-1919; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924; member of the state House of Representatives 1923-1928; assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of Georgia 1934-1939; elected as a Democrat to the 76th Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Emmett M. Owen; reelected to the 77th and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from August 1, 1939, until his death in Bethesda, Md., July 24, 1954; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.

Robert Bruce Chiperfield of Illinois (1939-1940)
Born in Canton, Fulton County, Ill., November 20, 1899; son of U.S. Representative Burnett Mitchell Chiperfield; educated in the public schools of Canton, Ill., Washington, D.C., and at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H.; served as a private during the First World War; attended Knox College, Galesburg, Ill.; was graduated from Harvard College in 1922 and from the law department of Boston University in 1925; was admitted to the bar in 1925 and commenced practice in Canton, Ill.; city attorney of Canton, Ill.; elected as a Republican to the 76th and to the 11 succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939-January 3, 1963); chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (83rd Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1962 to the 88th Congress; resided in Canton, Ill., until his death there, April 9, 1971; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.

James Vandaveer Heidinger of Illinois (1941-1942)
Born on a farm near Mount Erie, Wayne County, Ill., July 17, 1882; attended the rural schools, Northern Illinois Normal School, De Kalb, Ill., and Valparaiso (Ind.) University; taught in the rural schools of Wayne County, Ill.; was graduated from Northern Illinois College of Law, Dixon, Ill., in 1908; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Fairfield, Ill.; county judge of Wayne County, Ill., 1914-1926; assistant attorney general of Illinois 1927-1933; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1928; unsuccessful candidate for election to the 72nd and 74th Congresses; elected as a Republican to the 77th, 78th, and 79th Congresses and served from January 3, 1941, until his death in Phoenix, Ariz., on March 22, 1945; interment in Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Ill.

William Grant Stratton of Illinois (1941-1942)
Born in Ingleside, Lake County, Ill., February 26, 1914; attended the public schools; graduated from the University of Arizona, Tucson, 1934; elected as a Republican to the 77th Congress (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943); was not a candidate for renomination in 1942; Illinois state treasurer, 1943-1944, and 1950-1952; served as a lieutenant in the United States Navy, 1945-1946; elected as a Republican to the 80th Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949); was not a candidate for renomination in 1948; delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1952, 1956, 1960, and 1976; elected governor of Illinois in 1952, and reelected to the succeeding term, serving from January 12, 1953, to January 9, 1961; was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection as governor in 1960; unsuccessful candidate for nomination for governor in 1968; died on March 2, 2001, in Chicago, Ill.; interment in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Ill.

Fred Barthold Norman of Washington (1943-1944)
Born on a farm near Martinsville, Clark County, Ill., March 21, 1882; attended the public schools and was graduated from Martinsville (Ill.) High School; moved to Lebam, Pacific County, Wash., in 1901; worked on farms, in logging camps, sawmills, shingle mills, and shipyards 1901-1922; engaged in the wholesale and retail tobacco and candy business since 1922; member of the city council of Raymond, Wash., 1916-1918; served in the state House of Representatives in 1919 and 1920; member of the State senate 1925-1935; elected as a Republican to the 78th Congress (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1945); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the 79th Congress; elected in 1946 to the 80th Congress and served from January 3, 1947, until his death in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 1947; interment in Fern Hill Cemetery, Menlo, Wash.

William Levi Dawson of Illinois (1943-1946)
Born in Albany, Dougherty County, Ga., April 26, 1886; attended the public schools and Kent College of Law, Chicago, Ill.; was graduated from Albany (Ga.) Normal School in 1905, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., in 1909, and Northwestern University Law School, Evanston, Ill.; during the First World War served overseas as a first lieutenant with the 365th Infantry 1917-1919; was admitted to the bar in 1920 and commenced practice in Chicago, Ill.; state central committeeman for the First Congressional District of Illinois 1930-1932; alderman for the second ward of Chicago 1933-1939 and Democratic committeeman since 1939; elected as a Democrat to the 78th and to the 13 succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1943, until his death November 9, 1970, in Chicago, Ill.; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in Executive Departments (81st and 82nd Congresses), Committee on Government Operations (84th through 91st Congresses); cremated; ashes placed in Columbarium in Griffin Funeral Home, Chicago, Ill.

Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., of New York (1945-1946)
Born in New Haven, Conn., November 29, 1908; attended the public schools of New York City; graduated from Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., 1930; graduated from Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 1932; graduated from Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C., 1934; ordained minister; member of the New York, N.Y., city council, 1941; newspaper publisher and editor; journalist; instructor, Columbia University Extension School, 1932-1940; cofounder of the National Negro Congress; member of the New York state, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration, 1942-1944; member of the Manhattan Civilian Defense 1942-1945; elected as a Democrat to the 79th and to the 11 succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-February 28, 1967); excluded from membership in the 90th Congress pursuant to H.Res. 278, on February 28, 1967; chairman, Committee on Education and Labor (87th through 89th Congresses); elected as a Democrat to the 90th Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by his exclusion but did not appear to be sworn in; reelected to the succeeding Congress (April 11, 1967-January 3, 1971); unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the 92nd Congress in 1970; died on April 4, 1972, in Miami, Fla.; cremated and ashes scattered over South Bimini in the Bahamas.

Edward James Devitt of Minnesota (1947-1948)
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., May 5, 1911; graduated from St. John’s College Preparatory High School, Collegeville, Minn., 1930; attended St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minn., 1930-1932; LL.B., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N. Dak., 1935; B.S.C., University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N. Dak., 1938; lawyer, private practice; professor; municipal judge, East Grand Forks, Minn., 1935-1939; assistant attorney general, Office of the Attorney General, State of Minnesota, 1939-1942; United States Navy, 1942-1946; elected as a Republican to the 80th Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the 81st Congress in 1948; probate judge, Ramsey County, Minn., 1950-1954; United States district judge for the district of Minnesota, 1954-1958, chief judge, 1958-1992; died on March 2, 1992, in St. Paul, Minn.

Paul Bartram Dague of Pennsylvania (1947-1964)
Born in Whitford, Chester County, Pa., May 19, 1898; attended the public schools; took special studies at West Chester State Teachers College and studied electrical engineering at Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.; United States Marine Corps, First World War, 1918-1919; assistant superintendent of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways, 1925-1935; deputy sheriff, Chester County, Pa., 1936-1943; sheriff, Chester County, Pa., 1944-1946; elected as a Republican to the 80th and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation on December 30, 1966 (January 3, 1947-December 30, 1966); was not a candidate for reelection to the 90th Congress in 1966; retired and resided in Downingtown, Pa.; died on December 2, 1974, in West Chester, Pa.; interment in Northwood Cemetery, Downingtown, Pa.

James Stephen Golden of Kentucky (1949-1954)
Born in Barbourville, Knox County, Ky., September 20, 1891; attended the grade schools in Barbourville and high school at Union College, Barbourville, Ky.; University of Kentucky at Lexington, A.B., 1912 and from the law school of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, LL.B., 1916; was admitted to the bar in 1916 and commenced the practice of law in Barbourville, Ky., the same year; elected county attorney of Knox County, Ky., in 1918 and served until 1922; delegate to Republican National Convention in 1952; elected as a Republican to the 81st and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1955); was not a candidate for renomination in 1954 to the 84th Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Pineville, Ky., September 6, 1971; interment in Pineville Memorial Cemetery.

William Huston Natcher of Kentucky (1955-1964)
Born in Bowling Green, Warren County, Ky., September 11, 1909; attended the public schools and received high school education at Ogden Preparatory Department of Ogden College, Bowling Green, Ky.; B.A., Western Kentucky State College, Bowling Green, Ky., 1930 and from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, LL.B., 1933; was admitted to the bar in 1934 and commenced practice of law in Bowling Green, Ky.; Federal conciliation commissioner for the western district of Kentucky in 1936 and 1937; county attorney of Warren County 1938-1950; president of the Young Democratic Clubs of Kentucky 1941-1946; served in the United States Navy 1942-1945; commonwealth attorney for the Eighth District of Kentucky 1951-1953; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1940; elected as a Democrat to the 83rd Congress, August 1, 1953, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Garrett L. Withers; reelected to the 20 succeeding Congresses and served from August 1, 1953, until his death in the naval hospital at Bethesda, Md., March 29, 1994; chairman, Committee on Appropriations (103rd Congress); interment in Fairview Cemetery, Bowling Green, Warren County, Ky.

Charles Samuel Joelson of New Jersey (1967-1968)
Born in Paterson, Passaic County, N.J., January 27, 1916; attended the public schools, graduated from Montclair Academy; Cornell University, B.A., 1937; law school of Cornell University, LL.B., 1939; was admitted to the bar in 1940 and commenced the practice of law in Paterson, N.J.; enlisted in the United States Navy in 1942 and served in the Far Eastern Branch of the Division of Naval Intelligence; city counsel of Paterson, N.J., 1949-1952; deputy attorney general of the state’s criminal investigation division, 1954-1956, and Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office, 1956-1958; director of criminal investigation for the State of New Jersey, 1958-1960; elected as a Democrat to the 87th and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1961, until his resignation September 4, 1969, to become a judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey; was a resident of Paramus, N.J., until his death on August 17, 1999.

William Emerson Brock, III, of Tennessee (1969-1970)
Born in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tenn., November 23, 1930; grandson of U.S. Senator William Emerson Brock; attended schools in Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga Tenn.; graduated from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., 1953; served in the United States Navy 1953-1956; employed by the Brock Candy Co., becoming vice president of marketing; member of the board of directors of Brock Candy Co.; elected as a Republican to the 88th Congress; reelected to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1971); was not a candidate for reelection; was elected as a Republican in 1970 to the United States Senate and served from January 3, 1971, to January 3, 1977; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1976; chairman, Republican National Committee 1977-1981; U.S Trade Representative 1981-1985; appointed Secretary of Labor by President Ronald Reagan 1985-1987; consultant in Washington, D.C.; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate from Maryland, 1994; is a resident of Annapolis, Maryland.

Charles William Sandman, Jr., of New Jersey (1971-1974)
Born in Philadelphia, Pa., October 23, 1921; graduated from Cape May High School, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa., and Rutgers University Law School, Newark, N.J.; admitted to New Jersey bar in 1949; served as solicitor for Cape May City, N.J.; with armed forces of the United States as navigator in the Army Air Corps, European Theater, during the Second World War; elected to the New Jersey State senate in November 1955, reelected in 1959 and 1963; elected a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968; majority leader of the New Jersey state Senate in 1964 and 1965; chairman of the New Jersey state Narcotics Investigating Committee, 1962-1967; delegate to the New Jersey Constitutional convention, March-April 1966; elected as a Republican to the 90th and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1975); unsuccessful candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1973; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the 94th Congress; was a resident of Cape May Court House, N.J., until his death there August 26, 1985; interment in Cold Spring Presbyterian Cemetery.

James Grubbs Martin of North Carolina (1975-1978)
Born in Savannah, Chatham County, Ga., December 11, 1935; graduated from Mt. Zion High School, Winnsboro, S.C., 1953; B.S., Davidson College, Davidson, N.C., 1957; Ph.D., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 1960; faculty, Davidson College, Davidson, N.C., 1960-1970; Mecklenburg County, N.C., Commissioner, 1966-1972; founder and first chairman, Centralina Regional Council of governments, 1966-1969; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1968; elected as a Republican to the 93rd and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1985); was not a candidate for reelection in 1984 but was elected Governor of North Carolina for the four-year term beginning January 5, 1985; is a resident of Lake Norman, N.C.

Andy Poysell Ireland of Florida (1979-1980)
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 23, 1930; attended private schools in Cincinnati; graduated, Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., 1948; B.S., Yale University, 1952; graduate studies, Columbia University, New York City, 1953-1954; graduated, Louisiana State University, School of Banking of the South, 1959; consultant; businessman; joined Barnett National Bank in Jacksonville, Fla., 1954; president, chairman, chief executive officer, American National Banks of Winter Haven, Cypress Gardens, and Auburndale, Fla., 1962-1968; senior vice president, director, chief executive officer, Barnett First National Bank of Jacksonville, Winter Haven, Cypress Gardens, and Auburndale, Fla., 1968-1970; director, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Jacksonville branch, 1966-1968; Winter Haven city commissioner, 1966-1968; delegate, United Nations General Assembly, 1981; elected as a Democrat to the 95th and to the three succeeding Congresses; on July 5, 1984, switched party affiliation and continued in office as a Republican; reelected as a Republican to the 99th and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for renomination in 1992 to the 103rd Congress; is a resident of Boca Grande, Fla.

Daniel Crane of Illinois (1981-1984)
Born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., January 10, 1936; brother of U.S. Representative Philip Miller Crane; attended the public schools of Chicago; A.B., Hillsdale College, 1958; D.D.S., Indiana University, 1963; graduate work, University of Michigan, 1964-1965; dentist; United States Army, captain, 1967-1970; elected as a Republican to the 96th and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1985); censured by the 98th Congress pursuant to H. Res. 266, passed July 20, 1983; unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the 99th Congress; resumed the practice of dentistry; is a resident of Danville, Ill.

William Martin Hendon of North Carolina (1985-1986)
Born in Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., November 9, 1944; attended the public schools; graduated from Lee H. Edwards High School, 1962; B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1966, and M.B.A., 1968; University of Tennessee faculty member, 1968-1970; businessman, 1970-1980; elected as a Republican to the 97th Congress (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1983); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982 to the 98th Congress; elected to the 99th Congress (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1987); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1986; fellow, American Defense Institute, Washington, D.C.; is a resident of McLean, Va.

Robert C. Smith of New Hampshire (1987-1990)
Born in Trenton, N.J., March 30, 1941; attended public schools in Allentown and Trenton, N.J.; B.A., Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., 1965; served two years active duty in the United States Navy from 1965 to 1967 with one year of duty in Vietnam; also served five years in the Naval Reserve 1962-1965, 1967-1969; taught history, civics and English; owned and managed real estate business; unsuccessful candidate in 1982 for election to the 98th Congress; elected as a Republican to the 99th and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1985-January 3, 1991); resigned on December 7, 1990, upon his appointment to the U.S. Senate; appointed to the U.S. Senate on December 7, 1990, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Gordon Humphrey, and served for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 1991; elected to the U.S. Senate in 1990; reelected in 1996 and served from December 7, 1990, to January 3, 2003; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 2002; chair, Select Committee on Ethics (105th and 106th Congresses), Committee on Environment and Public Works (106th Congress and 107th Congress [January 20-June 6, 2001]).

John J. Duncan, Jr., of Tennessee (1991-1994)
Born in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., July 21, 1947; son of  U.S. Representative John James Duncan; B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn., 1969; J.D., National Law Center, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1973; lawyer, private practice; Army National Guard, 1970-1987; United States Army Reserve, 1970-1987; state trial judge, Knox County, Tenn., 1981-1988; elected as a Republican to the 100th Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father, John J. Duncan; elected at the same time to the 101st Congress; reelected to the 102nd and to the 10 succeeding Congresses (November 8, 1988-present).

Matthew James Salmon of Arizona (1995-2000)
Born in Salt Lake City, Davis County, Utah, January 21, 1958; graduated Mesa High School, Mesa, Ariz., 1976; B.A., Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz., 1981; M.P.A., Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah., 1986; telecommunications executive; community affairs manager; member of the Arizona state senate, 1991-1995 and assistant majority leader, 1993-1995; elected as a Republican to the 104th and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2001); was not a candidate for reelection to the 107th Congress in 2000; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Arizona in 2002.

Mark Udall of Colorado (2001-2004)
Born in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz., July 18, 1950; son of U.S. Representative Morris K. Udall; cousin of U.S. Senator Thomas Udall; nephew of U.S. Representative Stewart Lee Udall; graduated from Canyon del Oro High School, Tucson, Ariz., 1968; B.A., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., 1972; field coordinator, Morris K. Udall for President, 1974; executive director, Colorado Outward Bound School, 1985-1995; member of the Colorado state House of Representatives, 1996-1998; elected as a Democrat to the 106th and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1999-January 3, 2009); not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2008 for the term ending January 3, 2015.

Ed Case of Hawaii (2005-2006)
Born in Hilo, Territory of Hawaii, September 27, 1952; graduated from Hawaii Preparatory High School, Kamuela, Hawaii, 1970; B.A., Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., 1975; J.D., University of California, San Francisco, Calif., 1981; lawyer, private practice; staff member for U.S. Representative Spark Matsunaga, 1975-1977; staff member for U.S. Senator Spark Matsunaga, 1977-1978; member of the Hawaii state House of Representatives, 1994-2002; unsuccessful candidate for nomination for Governor of Hawaii in 2002; elected as a Democrat to the 107th Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of U.S. Representative Patsy Mink, (November 30, 2002-January 3, 2003); elected as a Democrat to the 108th Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of U.S. Representative Patsy Mink, and reelected to the succeeding Congress (January 4, 2003-January 3, 2007); not a candidate for reelection, but was an unsuccessful candidate to the U.S. Senate in 2006; unsuccessful candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in 2010.

Connie Mack IV of Florida (2007 -2012)
Born in Fort Myers, Lee County, Fla., August 12, 1967; son of U.S. Senator Connie Mack III; step-great-grandson of U.S. Senator Tom Connally; great-grandson of U.S. Senator Morris Sheppard; great-great-grandson of U.S. Representative John Levi Sheppard; husband of U.S. Representative Mary Bono; B.S., University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., 1993; member, Florida state House of Representatives, 2000- 2003; marketing executive; elected as a Republican to the 109th Congress and to the third succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2005-January 2013).

Louis J. Barletta of Pennsylvania (2013-Present)
Born in Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pa., January 28, 1956; graduated from Hazleton High School, Hazleton, Pa., 1974; attended Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pa.; professional athlete; business owner; member of the Hazleton (Pa.) city council, 1998-2000; mayor of Hazleton (Pa.) 2000-2010; elected as a Republican to the 112th Congress (January 3, 2011-present).

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present