BIOGRAPHICAL*

THE VICE PRESIDENT

JOHN NANCE GARNER, Democrat, of Uvalde, Tex., was elected to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first, Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixtyfourth, Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, and Seventy-second Congresses; elected Speaker of the House December 7, 1931; reelected to the Seventy-third Congress, but resigned, having been elected Vice President of the United States November 8, 1932.

ALABAMA

(Population (1930), 2,646,248)

SENATORS

HUGO LAFAYETTE BLACK, Democrat, of Birmingham, was born in Clay County, Ala., February 27, 1886; attended public school at Ashland, Clay County, Ala., LL. B., University of Alabama, 1906; lawyer; captain Eighty-first Regiment Field Artillery, World War; married; elected November 2, 1926, to the Senate for the full term of 6 years, and reelected November 8, 1932.

JOHN HOLLIS BANKHEAD, Democrat, of Jasper, was born in Lamar County, Ala., July 8, 1872; educated in the public schools, University of Alabama, and Georgetown Law School; S. A. E. fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa; admitted to the bar in 1893; married; elected November 4, 1930, to the United States Senate for the full term.

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNIES: Choctaw, Clarke, Marengo, Mobile, Monroe, Washington, and Wilcox (7 counties). Population (1930), 272,633.

JOHN MCDUFFIE, Democrat, of Monroeville, Ala., was born September 25, 1883, near River Ridge, in Monroe County, Ala.; he attended the Southern University, Greensboro, Ala.; graduated at Auburn, Ala., 1904, and at the University of Alabama Law School, 1908; member of Alabama Legislature, 190711, and solicitor first judicial circuit of Alabama, 1911-19; he married Miss Cornelia Hixon, of Hixon, Ala., October 20, 1915, and they have one childCornelia, 17 years old; elected to the Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses; Democratic Whip of the Seventy-first and Seventysecond Congresses; was chairman of the Select Committee on Economy which presented the bill to maintain the credit of the Government; was chairman of the joint congressional committee which investigated veterans' legislation during the Seventy-second Congress.

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Baldwin, Butler, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Lowndes, Montgomery, and Pike (9 counties). Population (1930), 330,677.

LISTER HILL, Democrat, of Montgomery, Ala., where he was born December 29, 1894; was graduated from Starke University School, Montgomery, Ala., in 1911; from University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Ala., in 1914; from the law school of the University of Alabama in 1915; and from the law school of Columbia University, New York City, in 1916; took a special course at the law school,

Biographies are based on information furnished or authorized by the respective Senators and Congressmen.

University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, Mich., in the summer of 1915; was admitted to the bar of Alabama in 1915 and commenced the practice of law at Montgomery, Ala., in October, 1916; president of the Montgomery Board of Education, 1917-22; served in the Army with the Seventeenth and Seventyfirst United States Infantry Regiments during the World War, 1917-19; elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John R. Tyson and served from August 14, 1923, to March 3, 1925; renominated and reelected without opposition to the Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses; member of Phi Beta Kappa.

THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Barbour, Bullock, Coffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Macon, and Russell (10 counties). Population (1930), 297,574.

HENRY BASCOM STEAGALL, Democrat, of Ozark, was born in Clopton, Dale County, Ala.; was educated in the common schools, with 2 years in the Southeast Alabama Agricultural School, Abbeville, Ala., and graduated from the law department of the University of Alabama; since graduation has been a practicing attorney; was county solicitor for a number of years; member of the legislature; State district prosecuting attorney for several years prior to nomination and election to Congress; member of State Democratic executive committee; delegate to State party conventions and to the Democratic National Convention in Baltimore in 1912; is a widower and has three children; was nominated for Congress June 29, 1914; was elected to the Sixty-fourth Congress without opposition, and renominated and reelected to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventysecond, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses; is chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee of the House.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Autauga, Calhoun, Clay, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, St. Clair, and Talladega (8 counties). Population (1930), 264,658.

SAM HOBBS, Democrat, of Selma, Ala.; born at Selma, October 5, 1887; attended the public school, Callaway's preparatory schools, Marion Military Institute, Vanderbilt University, and University of Alabama; lawyer; married Sarah Ellen Greene, of Birmingham, Ala.; children: Sam Earle, Rosa Miller, and Truman; appointed judge of the fourth judicial circuit of Alabama in 1921, elected in 1923, and resigned to resume law practice in 1926; chairman of Muscle Shoals Commission, 1931; chairman Alabama N. R. A. Committee, 1933; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934.

FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Chambers, Cherokee, Cleburne, De Kalb, Etowah, Marshall, Randolph, and Tallapoosa (8 counties). Population (1930), 273,763.

JOE STARNES, Democrat, of Guntersville, Ala.; was born at Guntersville, Ala., March 31, 1895; graduate of public and high schools of Marshall County, Ala.; graduate, University of Alabama with degree of LL. B.; teacher; lawyer; member State Board of Education of Alabama; World War veteran, served with American Expeditionary Forces; served with One hundred and sixty-seventh Infantry Alabama National Guard, 1923-34; married to Del Whitaker, 1918, and they have two sons-Joe, Jr., and Paul; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934, receiving 22,035 votes; J. C. Swann, Republican, 7,282 votes. SIXTH DISTRICT. COUNTIES: Bibb, Chilton, Greene, Hale, Perry, Shelby, Sumter, and Tuscaloosa (8 counties). Population (1930), 236,412.

WILLIAM BACON OLIVER, Democrat, is a native of Eutaw, Ala., where he received his early education. He later attended the University of Alabama, where he received degrees from both the college of arts and sciences and the school of law. He has also received the honorary degree of LL. D. from the University of Alabama and the National Law School, of Washington, D. C. He also attended the University of Virginia, and is a member of the honorary scholarship fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa; also a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. In his early manhood he moved to Tuscaloosa, Ala., and entered the practice of law. From 1898-1909 he was solicitor for the sixth judicial circuit of Alabama. He resigned the office of solicitor in 1909 to accept a post as dean of the law school of the University of Alabama, and resigned the deanship in 1913 to become a candidate for Congress. On his election to the Sixty-fourth Congress he retired from the firm of Oliver, Verner & Rice to devote his entire time to his congressional duties; reelected to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth,

Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses. Member of Appropriations Committee and chairman of Subcommittee on Appropriations, State, Justice, Commerce, and Labor.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Blount, Cullman, Favette, Franklin, Lamar, Marion, Pickens, Walker, and Winston (9 counties). Population (1930), 256,797.

WILLIAM B. BANKHEAD, Democrat, of Jasper, was born April 12, 1874, at Moscow, Lamar County, Ala.; attended country schools and graduated at the University of Alabama, A. B., 1893; Georgetown University Law School, LL. B., 1895; is a lawyer by profession; represented Madison County, Ala., in the legislature, 1900-1901; city attorney of Huntsville for 4 years; circuit solicitor fourteenth judicial circuit, 1910-14; elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress; reelected to the Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventyfirst, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.—COUNTIES: Colbert, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, and Morgan (7 counties). Population (1930), 282,241.

ARCHIBALD HILL CARMICHAEL, Democrat, of Tuscumbia, Ala.; born in Dale County, Ala.; educated in the public schools and the University of Alabama; by profession a lawyer; served two terms in the house of representatives of the Legislature of Alabama and one term in the State senate; served as speaker of the house of representatives at both sessions when he was a member; is a widower, and has four children-Jesse M. Carmichael, Charles E. Carmichael, A. H. Carmichael, Jr., and Herbert Carmichael; is a Mason, a Knight of Pythias, a Maccabee, and a Phi Beta Kappa; a member of the Methodist Church; elected, without opposition, to the Seventy-third Congress at a special election held on November 14, 1933, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward B. Almon; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress.

NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTY: Jefferson. Population (1930), 431,493.

GEORGE HUDDLESTON, Democrat, of Birmingham, was born in Wilson County, Tenn., 1869; practiced law in Birmingham from 1891 until 1912; married Miss Bertha Baxley, 1917; children-Mary, George, John, Jane, and Nancy; private soldier, Spanish War; Member Sixty-fourth and succeeding Congresses.

ARIZONA
(Population (1930), 435,573)
SENATORS

HENRY FOUNTAIN ASHURST, Democrat, of Prescott; of English and French ancestry, was born near Winnemucca, Nev., September 13, 1874; attended the public schools of Flagstaff, Ariz., the Stockton (Calif.) Business College, and the University of Michigan; is a lawyer by profession; was married in 1904 to Elizabeth McEvoy Renoe; on March 27, 1912, was elected United States Senator by the unanimous vote of the First Legislative Assembly of the State of Arizona; reelected November 7, 1916, November 7, 1922, November 6, 1928, and November 6, 1934.

CARL HAYDEN, Democrat, of Phoenix, was born at Tempe, Ariz., October 2, 1877; was educated in public schools of Tempe, Normal School of Arizona, and Stanford University; delegate to Democratic National Convention in 1904; elected treasurer of Maricopa County in 1904, sheriff in 1906; reelected in 1908; appointed major of Infantry, United States National Army, October 4, 1918; is married; was elected to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, and Sixty-ninth Congresses; elected a Member of the United States Senate for the term ending March 3, 1933; reelected November 8, 1932.

REPRESENTATIVE

AT LARGE.-Population (1930), 435,573.

ISABELLA GREENWAY, Democrat, of Tucson, Ariz., was born in Boone County, Ky., March 22, 1886, of Scotch-Irish-French descent, only daughter of Tilden R. and Martha McComb Flandrau Selmes; early childhood in St. Paul,

Minn., with grandfather, Judge Charles E. Flandrau, after death of father; education, Miss Chapin's School, New York City; first marriage, 1904, to Robert H. Monroe Ferguson, of New York, and they had a son and a daughter; homesteaded, Tyrone, N. Mex., 1910; later resided intermittently between Tyrone and Santa Barbara, Calif.; in 1923 established residence in Arizona upon marriage to John Campbell Greenway, and they had one son; elected Democratic national committeewoman of Arizona in 1928; reelected in 1932; elected to the Seventythird Congress at a special election held on October 3, 1933, to fill the unexpired term caused by the resignation of Hon. Lewis W. Douglas; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934.

ARKANSAS

(Population (1930), 1,854,482).

SENATORS

JOSEPH TAYLOR ROBINSON, Democrat, of Little Rock, was born August 26, 1872; educated in the public schools, the University of Arkansas; admitted to the bar in 1895; elected to the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas in 1894 and served in the session of 1895; presidential elector for the sixth congressional district of Arkansas in 1900, and selected as electoral messenger; elected to the Fifty-eighth to Sixty-second Congresses, inclusive; resigned from the Sixty-second Congress on January 14, 1913, was inaugurated Governor of Arkansas on the 16th of January 1913, having been elected to that position in September 1912, and on January 28, 1913, was elected Senator; took his seat on March 10, 1913; was reelected in 1918, 1924, and in November 1930 for the term ending in 1937; served as chairman of the Minority Conference from 1922-33, at which time he became chairman of the Majority Conference.

HATTIE W. CARAWAY, Democrat, of Jonesboro, Ark.; appointed on November 13, 1931, and elected on January 12, 1932, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway; reelected on November 8, 1932, for the term ending in 1939.

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips, Poinsett, St. Francis, and Woodruff (11 counties). Population (1930), 385,965.

WILLIAM J. DRIVER, Democrat, of Osceola, Ark.; born Osceola, March 2, 1873; education obtained in the public schools; admitted to bar May 1, 1894; married June 2, 1897, to Miss Clara Haynes; one son-William J., Jr.; served as representative in Legislature of Arkansas, 1897-99; judge of second judicial circuit of Arkansas, 1911-18; member constitutional convention of Arkansas, 1918; elected to the Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventyfirst, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses.

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Prairie, Randolph, Sharp, Stone, and White (12 counties). Population (1930), 218,596. JOHN E. MILLER, Democrat, of Searcy, Ark.; born near Aid, Mo., May 15, 1888; graduate of Kentucky State University, law department, June 6, 1912, with degree of LL. B.; admitted to bar July 1, 1912; married October 21, 1914, . to Miss Ethel Lucile Lindsey; one daughter, Mary Louise, and one son, John E., Jr.; member of the constitutional convention of Arkansas, 1918; prosecuting attorney, first judicial circuit of Arkansas, 1919-22; elected to the Seventysecond Congress without opposition, and reelected to Seventy-third and Seventyfourth Congresses.

THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Van Buren, and Washington (10 counties). Population (1930), 170,576.

CLAUDE A. FULLER, Democrat, of Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Ark., was born in Prophetstown, Whiteside County, Ill., and has lived in Eureka

Springs and vicinity since 10 years of age; Baptist; lawyer, which profession he has followed since admitted to the bar in 1898; extensively engaged in farming; served in Arkansas Legislature, 1903-05; prosecuting attorney, 1910-14; mayor Eureka Springs, 12 years; presidential elector, and selected as electoral messenger, in 1916; delegate to numerous Democratic national conventions, including Chicago in 1932; married Miss May Obenshain; two daughters-Dorothy Fuller, attending law school, George Washington University, and Ruth FullerCross; elected to the Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, and Seventyfourth Congresses.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Crawford, Howard, Little River, Logan, Miller, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Scott, Sebastian, and Sevier (11 counties). Population (1930), 230,259.

BEN CRAVENS, Democrat, of Fort Smith, Ark., where he was born; attorney at law; prosecuting attorney of the twelfth judicial district of Arkansas for three terms, 1900-06; Member of Congress for three terms, 1907-13, but was not a candidate for reelection; married; elected to the Seventy-third Congress without opposition, and reelected, without opposition, to the Seventy-fourth Congress.

FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Conway, Faulkner, Franklin, Johnson, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, and Yell (8 counties). Population (1930), 278,663.

DAVID DICKSON TERRY, Democrat, of Little Rock, Ark., son of William L. and Mollie Dickson Terry; born in Little Rock in 1881; attended the public schools of Little Rock, Bethel Military Academy in Virginia, the University of Virginia, and the law school of the University of Arkansas (B. L. 1903); married in 1910 to Miss Adolphine Fletcher of Little Rock; four children; lawyer by profession; served in the Infantry in World War; member of the Little Rock School Board, and representative in the legislature from Pulaski County, 1933; Episcopalian; elected to the Seventy-third Congress at a special election held on December 19, 1933, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. Heartsill Ragon; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934. SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Arkansas, Cleveland, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Garland, Grant, Hot Spring, Jefferson, Lincoln, Lonoke, and Saline (12 counties). Population (1930), 289,250.

JOHN L. MCCLELLAN, Democrat, of Malvern, Ark., was born at Sheridan, Grant County, Ark., February 25, 1896; educated in public schools of Arkansas; first lieutenant of A. S. S. C. during the World War; lawyer, practicing in Federal and State courts of Arkansas; prosecuting attorney of seventh judicial district of Arkansas, 1927-30; married; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Nevada, Ouachita, and Union (11 counties). Population (1930), 281,173.

TILMAN BACON PARKS, Democrat, of Camden; born on a farm in Lafayette County near Lewisville, Ark., May 14, 1872; son of Capt. William P. and Mattie D. Parks; was educated in the common schools of the State, University of Texas, and the University of Virginia; was admitted to practice law February 2, 1900; was a member of the House of Representatives of the Arkansas General Assembly in the sessions of 1901, 1903, and 1909, and was presidential elector at large in 1904 on the Democratic ticket, receiving the highest number of votes of any elector in that election; was messenger to deliver the electoral vote to the Vice President at Washington; was temporary chairman of the Democratic State convention in 1910; was elected prosecuting attorney of the eighth judicial circuit of Arkansas in 1914, and reelected in 1916; was nominated for Congress at Democratic primary and elected at the general election on November 2, 1920; reelected to the Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventysecond, Seventy-third, and Seventy-fourth Congresses; married March 4, 1897, to Fay Newton, who died in Washington, D. C., August 28, 1926, and has three children-Mrs. Ann Parks Marshall, Tilman B. Parks, Jr. (lawyer, practicing at Camden), and Josephine Parks; married Mrs. Gertrude Bischoff, of Washington, D. C., September 4, 1930; Baptist, Elk, Mason, Knight of Pythias, and Woodman of the World; also member El Dorado Lions Club; member XV Club, El Dorado; member Committee on Appropriations, subcommittee War Department.