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(As of July 1, 1929)

EDGAR A. McCULLOCH, of Arkansas (chairman); appointed by Presi dent Coolidge February 7, 1927, for term ending September 25, 1933; born, Trenton, Tenn., August 21, 1861; son of Dr. Philip Doddridge and Lucy Virginia (Burrus) McCulloch; educated, public schools; married Hattie Louise Hassell, of Trenton, Tenn., November 30, 1887; admitted to bar July 18, 1883; praeticed law at Marianna, Ark., 1883-1904, member of law firrn of McCulloch & McCulloch; justice of Supreme Court of Arkansas, October 31, 1904, to February, 1927; chief justice, February 1, 1909, to February, 1927; chairman Arkansas History Commission; Democrat.

GARLAND S. FERGUSON, JR., of North Carolina (vice chairman); appointed by President Coolidge November 12, 1927, for term ending September 25, 1934; born in Waynesville, N. C., May 30, 1878, son of Garland S. Ferguson, former judge of Superior Court of North Carolina; married Margaret Merrimon, of Greensboro, N. C.; attended United States Naval Academy and University of North Carolina, graduating in law from the university, 1900; practiced law in Waynesville, 1900-1902, in Greensboro, N. C., 1902-1918; referee in bankruptcy, United States District Court, Western District, North Carolina, 19081918; assistant division counsel, Southern Railway, Greensboro, 1908-1918; assistant general counsel, Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Washington, D. C., 1918-1921; continued practice of law in Greensboro, 1921 to 1927; Democrat. WILLIAM E. HUMPHREY, of Washington; appointed by President Coolidge February 23, 1925, for term ending September 25, 1931; born near Alamo, Montgomery County, Ind., March 31, 1862; graduated from Wabash College, 1887; admitted to bar 1887; practiced law in Crawfordsville, Ind., 1887 to 1893; moved to Seattle, Wash., 1893; corporation counsel, city of Seattle, 1898-1902; Member, Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, and Sixtieth Congresses (1903-1909), Washington at large, and Sixty-first, Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth Congresses (1909-1917), first district, Washington; practiced law at Seattle and Washington, D. C., 1917-1925; chairman, speakers' bureau, Republican National Committee, 1922; director, Columbia Institute for the Deaf; member, Ranier Club, Seattle, Wash., La Grulla Gun Club of Mexico, and Boone and Crockett Club; Republican. C. W. HUNT, of Iowa; appointed by President Coolidge May 31, 1924, for unexpired term; reappointed September 18, 1925, for term ending September 25, 1932; born in Harrison County, Iowa, January 2, 1864; farmer; graduate of Io wa State College, Ames, Iowa, 1888; taught school 10 years; served as secretary of Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Association for 16 years; one year as executive secretary and three years as president of Iowa State Farm Bureau Federation; served two terms in Iowa State Legislature, 1910-1914; member of Hoover Advisory Committee at Washington, D. C., as consultant on livestock problems, 1918; Republican.

CHARLES H. MARCH, of Minnesota; appointed by President Coolidge January 26, 1929, for term ending September 25, 1935; lawyer; born October 20, 1870, at Litchfield, Minn.; son of Nelson J. and Jane (Morrison) March; married Aimee Wells, of Morris, Minn., 1899; attended public schools; admitted to Minnesota bar 1904, and later to practice in United States Supreme Court; served as mayor of Litchfield and chairman of public library board; organized Fourth Regiment Minnesota Militia and was elected as its colonel; served as member of State commission of public safety, a board consisting of the governor, attorney general, and five members having broad powers in carrying on State government during World War period; president Farmers and Bankers Council of Minnesota; Republican.

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