NEBRASKA

JAMES E. MURRAY, Democrat, of Butte, Mont.; born on a farm near St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, May 3, 1876; graduated St. Jerome's College, Berlin, Canada, 1895; New York University Law School, New York, LL. B. 1900, LL. M. 1901; admitted to Montana bar, 1901; served as county attorney of Silver Bow County, Mont., 1906-08; chairman of State advisory board, Montana, P. W. A., 1933; married Miss Viola E. Horgan, of Memphis, Tenn., June 1905; has six sons, James A., William D., Edward E., Howard A., Charles A., and John S.; elected to United States Senate on November 6, 1934, to fill out the unexpired term of the late Thomas J. Walsh.

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Beaverhead, Broadwater, Deerlodge, Flathead, Gallatin, Granite, Jefferson, Lake, Lewis and Clark, Lincoln, Madison, Mineral, Missoula, Powell, Ravalli, Sanders, and Silver Bow (17 counties). Population (1930), 211,918.

JOSEPH P. MONAGHAN, Democrat, of Butte, Mont.; born in that city March 26, 1906; son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Monaghan, 51 Atlantic Street, Butte; attended Franklin public and Holy Savior parochial grammar schools, Butte; graduated from Mount St. Charles (Carroll College), Helena, Mont., in 1928 with an A. B. degree; studied law at the University of Montana and was admitted to practice of law June 2, 1931; served in the Twenty-first Legislature of the State of Montana; member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, no. 240, of Butte, and member of Kappa Sigma fraternity; married December 30, 1933, to Miss Catherine McDermott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Joseph McDermott, of Butte, Mont.; elected to the Seventy-third Congress by about 18,000 majority, and to the Seventy-fourth Congress by 31,000 majority.

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Big Horn, Blaine, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Daniels, Dawson, Fallon, Fergus, Garfield, Glacier, Golden Valley, Hill, Judith Basin, Liberty, McCone, Meagher, Musselshell, Park, Petroleum, Phillips, Pondera, Powder River, Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sheridan, Stillwater, Sweet Grass, Teton, Toole, Treasure, Valley, Wheatland, Wibaux, and Yellowstone (39 counties), and part of Yellowstone National Park. Population (1930), 325,688.

ROY E. AYERS, Democrat, of Lewistown, Mont.; born November 9, 1882, on a stock ranch in central Montana, son of George W. Ayers, a pioneer livestock rancher of the State; spent his early life on a ranch; attended country schools and Lewistown High School; graduated from Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., with degree of LL. B.; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in his home town, Lewistown; served two terms as county prosecuting attorney; was elected district judge, and was at that time the youngest judge in America who could inflict the death penalty; was reelected judge a second and third time, and served until his resignation, to reengage in private practice; member of the Montana State Board of Education; chairman of the exemption board of his county during the period of the World War; delegate at large from Montana to the Democratic National Convention at San Francisco in 1920; in addition to his official and professional duties has also been continuously engaged in livestock and ranching since his majority; now operates a livestock ranch in central Montana; is both a York Rite and Scottish Rite Mason; was married in 1905 to Miss Ellen Simpson, the daughter of a pioneer Montana rancher, and they have three children, all grown; was elected to the Seventy-third Congress by a majority of 10,200 votes; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress by a majority of 46,153 votes over his Republican opponent.

NEBRASKA

(Population (1930), 1,377,963)
SENATORS

GEORGE W. NORRIS, Republican, of McCook, Nebr., was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, July 11, 1861, and his early life was spent on the farm where he was born; his father died when he was a small child, his only brother was killed in the War of the Rebellion, and his mother was left in straitened circumstances; was compelled to work out among the neighboring farmers by the day and month during the summer and attended district school during the

winter; afterward taught school and earned the money to defray expenses for a higher education; attended Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio, and the Valparaiso University; studied law while teaching and afterward finished the law course in law school; was admitted to the bar in 1883; removed to Nebraska in 1885; was three times prosecuting attorney, twice by appointment and once by election, refusing a second nomination for the position; was elected district judge of fourteenth district in 1895 and reelected to the same position in 1899, which position he held when nominated for Congress; was elected to the Fifty-eighth, Fiftyninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first, and Sixty-second Congresses; was elected to the Senate for the term beginning March 4, 1913; reelected in 1918, in 1924, and in 1930; his present term will expire in 1937.

EDWARD RAYMOND BURKE, Democrat, of Omaha, Nebr., was born at Running Water, S. Dak., November 28, 1880; educated in the public schools; received A. B. degree from Beloit College, Beloit, Wis., in 1906, and LL. B. degree from Harvard Law School in 1911; lawyer; during the World War served as second lieutenant in the Air Service; married Henrietta Flinn and they have two daughters-Beatrice and Barbara; elected to the Seventy-third Congress; elected United States Senator for the term beginning January 3, 1935.

(Elected to fill the vacancy in the term ending January 3, 1935, caused by the death of Senator Robert B. Howell, and succeeded Senator William H. Thompson who had been appointed to the vacancy)

RICHARD CHARLES HUNTER, Democrat, of Omaha, Nebr.; born on a farm near West Point, Nebr., December 3, 1884; son of Jabez R. and Sarah Frances (Olmstead) Hunter; educated in Omaha public and Omaha high schools; attended University of Nebraska 4 years, A. B. 1909; LL. B., Columbia University, 1911; attended Harvard Law School 1 year; married Viletta G. Taylor of Lincoln, Nebr., April 22, 1908; commenced practice of law in Omaha, Nebr., in 1912, being associated with former United States Senator Norris Brown, former United States District Attorney Irving F. Baxter, and the Honorable James H. Van Dusen; member of Nebraska Legislature, 1915; judge of municipal court, City of Omaha, 1915-17; Democratic nominee for attorney general of Nebraska in 1920 and for State railway commissioner in 1928; elected United States Senator on November 6, 1934, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator Robert Beecher Howell for the term ending January 3, 1935; member of Masonic order and of the Elks.

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Butler, Cass, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson, Saunders, and Seward (11 counties). Population (1930), 269,428.

HENRY CARL LUCKEY, Democrat, of Lincoln, Nebr.; born in East St. Louis, Ill., November 22, 1868; reared on a Nebraska farm; attended the public schools and was graduated from the University of Nebraska with the degrees of M. A., B. A., and LL. B.; postgraduate work in Columbia University, New York City; married; engaged in farming and as realtor and builder; elected to the Seventyfourth Congress on November 6, 1934, receiving 55,897 votes, Marcus Poteet, Republican, receiving 45,058 votes.

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Douglas, Sarpy, and Washington (3 counties). Population (1930), 255,479.

CHARLES F. McLAUGHLIN, Democrat, of Omaha, Nebr.; born at Lincoln, Nebr., June 19, 1887, son of William and Mary (Cavanaugh) McLaughlin; A. B. 1908, University of Nebraska; LL. B. 1910, Columbia University; practiced law at Omaha since 1910, except 2 years (1917-19) spent in the United States Army; captain, Three Hundred and Forty-seventh Field Artillery, Ninety-first Division, American Expeditionary Forces; later major Field Artillery Reserves; married in 1920 to Margaret Bruce, daughter of Edward E. and Helen (Wheelock) Bruce; children-Edward Bruce 13, Mary Elizabeth 10; special master in chancery, Federal court, 1916-17; delegate to the Nebraska State constitutional convention, 1919-20; president, Omaha Bar Association, 1932-33; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress, receiving 46,764 votes, against 36,579 votes for Judge Herbert Rhoades, Republican.

THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Dodge, Greeley, Holt, Knox, Madison, Merrick, Nance, Pierce, Platte, Stanton, Thurston, Wayne, and Wheeler (22 counties). Population (1930), 291,595.

KARL STEFAN, Republican, of Norfolk, Nebr.; born in Austria, March 1, 1884; attended the Omaha (Nebr.) public schools; newspaper writer, traveler, radio announcer; married; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress, receiving 72,369 votes, his opponent, Edgar Howard, Democrat, receiving 52,059 votes.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Adams, Chase, Clay, Dundy, Fillmore, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Jefferson, Kearney, Nuckolls, Perkins, Phelps, Polk, Redwillow, Saline, Thayer, Webster, and York (25 counties). Population (1930), 290,318. CHARLES G. BINDERUP, Democrat, of Minden, Nebr., was born at Horsens, Denmark; came to America when 6 months of age; parents homesteading in Adams County, Nebr., in 1873; self-educated; engaged in creamery, mercantile, and agricultural pursuits; married Elena Westengaard, of Minden, Nebr., and they have three children; always interested in political economy; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress.

FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Box Butte, Brown, Buffalo, Cherry, Cheyenne, Custer, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Garden, Garfield, Grant, Hooker, Howard, Keith, Keyapaha, Kimball, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, McPherson, Morrill, Rock, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Thomas, and Valley (32 counties). Population (1930), 271,143.

HARRY BUFFINGTON COFFEE, Democrat, of Chadron, Nebr.; born in Sioux County, Nebr., March 16, 1890; attended the Chadron public schools, and graduated with an A. B. degree from the University of Nebraska in 1913; for the last 20 years has been president of the Coffee Cattle Co., Inc., with extensive ranch holdings in northwest Nebraska; owns and operates several farms and built up a successful real estate and insurance business in Chadron; never held public office previously; served as a second lieutenant in the Air Service during the World War, most of the time in the capacity of assistant camp adjutant; is a bachelor; Mason, Elk, Rotarian, Alpha Tau Omega, and a member of the American Legion; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress on November 6, 1934, receiving 55,707 votes, and A. N. Mathers, Republican, receiving 49,061 votes.

NEVADA

(Population (1930), 91,058)

SENATORS

KEY PITTMAN, Democrat, of Tonopah, Nev.; born in Vicksburg, Miss., September 19, 1872; son of William Buckner Pittman and Catherine (Key) Pittman; educated by private tutors and at the Southwestern Presbyterian University, Clarksville, Tenn.; LL. D., Southwestern Presbyterian University and George Washington University; commenced practice of law at Seattle, Wash., in 1892; was in the Northwest Territory and Alaska from 1897 until the fall of 1901; was one of the committee that formulated the "consent" form of government for Nome; was first prosecuting attorney at Nome, Alaska; went to Tonopah, Nev., in January 1902; never ran for any office except that of United States Senator; elected 1912 for unexpired term of 4 years; reelected 1916, 1922, 1928, and November 6, 1934, to serve until 1941; secretary Senate Democratic caucus 1913 to 1917; Democratic conference nominee for President pro tempore of the Senate for the Sixty-sixth, Sixty-seventh, Sixty-eighth, Sixty-ninth, Seventieth, and Seventy-second Congresses; secretary committee on platform and resolutions of Democratic National Convention of 1924; chairman committee on platform and resolutions of Democratic National Convention of 1928; selected by convention to officially notify Gov. Alfred E. Smith of his nomination as candidate of the Democratic Party for President of the United States; elected President pro tempore of the Senate, March 9, 1933; appointed by the President of the United States as a delegate to the Monetary and Economic Conference held in London on June 12, 1933.

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PATRICK A. (PAT) MCCARRAN, Democrat, born Reno, Nev., August 8, 1876; lawyer; educated public schools of Reno; University of Nevada (M. A.); legal education, private tutors; member Nevada Legislature, 1903; represented Nevada in irrigation congress, 1903; district attorney, Nye County, Nev., 1906-08; associate justice, 1913-16, and chief justice, 1917-18, Supreme Court of Nevada; member of Nevada State Library Commission, member Nevada Board of Pardons, 1913-18; member Nevada State Board of Parole Commissioners, 1913-18; president Nevada State Bar Association, 1920-21; chairman Nevada State Board of Bar Examiners, 1931-32; member bar of California, Utah, Arizona, and Supreme Court of United States; vice president American Bar Association, 1922-23; author of many standard legal opinions, leading cases on water, mining, corporation, domestic relations, criminal law, and civil procedure under the code (Nevada Reports, 35 to 42); married, August 1903, Martha Harriet Weeks; five children; elected to United States Senate November 8, 1932; term of office will expire in 1939; legal residence, Reno, Nev.

REPRESENTATIVE

AT LARGE.-Population (1930), 91,058.

JAMES GRAVES SCRUGHAM, Democrat, of Reno, Nev., was born at Lexington, Ky., graduated from the University of Kentucky, receiving bachelor and master degrees in engineering; Governor of Nevada, 1923-27; publisher of the Nevada State Journal, 1927-32; served as State engineer, 1919-23; commissioned major, United States Army, 1917; promoted to rank of lieutenant colonel in 1918; one of the incorporators of the American Legion, 1919; commander of the Nevada Department, American Legion, 1919, and national vice commander, 1920-21; married; two children; elected to the Seventy-third Congress; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

(Population (1930), 465,293)
SENATORS

HENRY WILDER KEYES, Republican, of Haverhill, was born at Newbury, Vt., in 1863; graduated, degree of A. B., Harvard University, 1887; also recipient of B. S. and LL. D. degrees, New Hampshire University, and A. M., Dartmouth; member of New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1891-95, 1915–17; member New Hampshire Senate, 1903-05; treasurer State license commission, 1903-15; chairman State excise commission, 1915-17; Governor, 1917-19; elected to the United States Senate November 5, 1918; twice reelected, November 4, 1924, and November 4, 1930; married Frances Parkinson Wheeler and has three sons; is a farmer, and president of the Woodsville (N. H.) National Bank; his term of office will expire in 1937.

FRED H. BROWN, Democrat, of Somersworth, N. H.; born at Ossipee, N. H., April 12, 1879; attorney at law; mayor of Somersworth, 1914–22; United States attorney for the district of New Hampshire, 1914-22; Governor of the State of New Hampshire, 1923-25; member of New Hampshire Public Service Commission, 1925-33; married; on November 8, 1932, was elected to the United States Senate by a vote of 98,766 to 96,649 for George H. Moses, Republican.

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Belknap, Carroll, Rockingham, and Strafford. HILLSBORO COUNTY: City of Manchester; towns of Bedford, Goffstown, Merrimack, Hudson, Litchfield, and Pelham. MERRIMACK COUNTY: Towns of Allenstown, Canterbury, Chichester, Epsom, Hooksett, Loudon, Northfield, Pembroke, and Pittsfield. Population (1930), 228,493.

WILLIAM NATHANIEL ROGERS, Democrat, of Sanbornville, was born in Sanbornville, January 10, 1892; educated in the public schools; Brewster Free Academy, Wolfeboro, N. H.; Dartmouth College; and University of Maine Col

lege of Law, receiving degree of LL. B. in 1916; admitted to the bar of New Hampshire in 1916; member of the law firm of Demond, Woodworth, Sulloway & Rogers, Concord, N. H.; member of the legislative committee, New Hampshire Bar Association, 1920-22; member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1917, 1919, and 1921; elected to the Sixty-eighth Congress in 1922; elected to the Seventy-second Congress at a special election held on January 5, 1932, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Fletcher Hale; reelected to the Seventy-third and Seventy-fourth Congresses.

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Cheshire, Coos, Grafton, and Sullivan. HILLSBORO COUNTY: City of Nashua; towns of Amherst, Antrim, Bennington, Brookline, Deering, Francestown, Greenfield, Greenville, Hancock, Hillsboro, Hollis, Lyndeboro, Mason, Milford, Mont Vernon, New Boston, New Ipswich, Peterboro, Sharon, Temple, Weare, Wilton, and Windsor. MERRIMACK COUNTY: Cities of Concord and Franklin; towns of Andover, Boscawen, Bow, Bradford, Danbury, Dunbarton, Henniker, Hill, Hopkinton, Newbury, New London, Salisbury, Sutton, Warner, Webster, and Wilmot. Population (1930), 236,800.

CHARLES WILLIAM TOBEY, Republican, of Temple, N. H., was born at Roxbury, Mass., July 22, 1880; attended public schools and Roxbury Latin School; received honorary degrees of master of arts from Dartmouth College and doctor of laws from University of New Hampshire; business experience has been in insurance, agriculture, banking, and manufacturing; married, and has four children; member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1915-16, 1919-20, and 1923-24, and served as speaker, 1919-20; member of the State senate, 1925-26, and served as president, 1925-26; Governor of New Hampshire, 1929-30; elected to the Seventy-third Congress, and reelected to the Seventyfourth Congress, receiving 42,706 votes, and Harry B. Metcalf, Democrat, 37,122.

NEW JERSEY

(Population (1930), 4,041,334)
SENATORS

W. WARREN BARBOUR, Republican, of Locust, Monmouth County, N. J.; born Monmouth Beach, Monmouth County, N. J., July 31, 1888; married Elysabeth C. Carrére, on December 1, 1921; children, Elysabeth, Warren, and Sharon; appointed on December 1, 1931, by Gov. Morgan F. Larson, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Dwight W. Morrow; elected November 8, 1932, to term expiring in 1937.

ARTHUR HARRY MOORE, Democrat, of Jersey City, N. J.; born in Jersey City, N. J., July 3, 1879; educated in the public schools, Cooper Union, and received bachelor of law degree from New Jersey Law School; honorary degrees: LL. D., Rutgers University; LL. D., Seton Hall College; LL. D., New Jersey Law School; LL. D., John Marshall College of Law; M. A., Hahnemann Medical College; master of commercial science, Rider College; lawyer; secretary to mayor of Jersey City, 1908-11; city tax collector, 1911-13; city commissioner, 1913-25; married; twice elected Governor of New Jersey; elected to the United States Senate on November 6, 1934, for the term ending January 3, 1941, receiving 785,971 votes; Hamilton F. Kean, Republican, receiving 554,483 votes; John S. Martin, Socialist, receiving 9,721 votes.

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Camden, Gloucester, and Salem (3 counties). Population (1930), 359,948.

CHARLES A. WOLVERTON, Republican, of Camden (Merchantville), N. J.; born October 24, 1880, at Camden, N. J., his parents being Charles S. Wolverton and Martha Wolverton; educated in the public schools of Camden, graduating from Camden High School June 24, 1897; studied law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, graduating June 13, 1900, with the degree of LL. B.; admitted to the bar of the State of New Jersey at the November term, 1901; married June 25, 1907, to Sara May Donnell, M. D., daughter of John Knox Donnell and Anna Donnell; there is one child, Donnell Knox Wolverton; in 1903