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EIGHTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Alfalfa, Beaver, Cimarron, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay, Major, Noble, Texas, Woods, and Woodward (12 counties). Population (1930), 224,067.

ROSS RIZLEY, Republican, of Guymon, Okla., was born on a farm near Beaver, Beaver County, Okla., July 5, 1892; educated in the public schools; taught in the rural schools of Beaver County, Okla.; served as deputy register of deeds of Beaver County, 1911-12; was graduated from the University of Kansas City, Kansas City, Mo., in June 1915, with degree of LL. B.; was admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced the practice of law in Beaver, Okla.; elected county attorney of Beaver County in 1918 and served until 1920, when he resigned and moved to Guymon, Okla., to resume the practice of law; married Miss Ruby Seal, of Beaver, on June 18, 1916, and they have seven children-four boys and three girls; served as city attorney of Guymon, 1928–38; member of the State senate, 1931-34; memof the Methodist Church; Knights of Pythias; a thirty-second degree Mason; member of the State and the American Bar Associations; member of the Guymon Board of Education, 1924-32; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Oklahoma in general election, 1938; elected to the Seventy-seventh Congress on November 5, 1940.

OREGON
(Population (1930), 953,786)

SENATORS

CHARLES L. McNARY, Republican, of Salem, Oreg.; born on a farm near that city, June 12, 1874; educated in Salem public schools and attended Stanford University; dean of Willamette College of Law, 1908-13; received degree of doctor of laws from Willamette University, University of Oregon, and Linfield College; by profession a lawyer; associate justice of Oregon Supreme Court, 1913 and 1915; chairman, Republican State central committee, 1916-17; appointed by Governor Withycombe, May 29, 1917, to fill unexpired term of Senator Harry Lane, deceased; term of office expired, general election, November 5, 1918; appointed, December 17, 1918, by Governor Withycombe to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Hon. F. W. Mulkey, who had been elected to fill short term ending March 3, 1919; elected November 5, 1918, for 6-year term beginning March 4, 1919; reelected November 4, 1924, for 6-year term beginning March 4, 1925; reelected November 4, 1930, for 6-year term beginning March 4, 1931; reelected November 3, 1936, for 6-year term beginning January 3, 1937; term expires in 1943; nominated for Vice President of the United States by the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia in 1940.

RUFUS C. HOLMAN, Republican, of Portland, Oreg.; born in Portland, Oreg., October 14, 1877, the youngest of 11 children, son of Charles and Mary (Huntington) Holman, Oregon pioneers, who crossed the Plains in covered wagons in 1852; attended the public schools and graduated as president of the Portland High School class of 1896; then followed a career of farm work, a teacher of a district school, steamboating, bookkeeping, accounting, the engaging in personal business as manufacturer (Davis & Holman and Portland Paper Box Co.), and other manufacturing and financial interests, in some of which he is still active; also operates a fine farm in Clackamas County, Oreg., where he is a breeder of registered Guernsey cattle; on April 15, 1903, he married Miss Gertrude Eleanor Watson, only daughter of Mrs. and the late Judge E. B. Watson, member and chief justice of Oregon's first supreme court (Mrs. Holman died February 3, 1938); has one daughter, Eleanor Watson Holman Burkitt (Mrs. Harold Burkitt), and two grandchildren residing in Portland; during his public career served as member of Portland Charter Commission; as member and chairman, Board of Multnomah County Commission; chairman, Columbia River Interstate Bridge. Commission; president, State Association of County Judges and Commissioners; president, Mount Hood Loop Road Association; director, Portland Library Association; vice president, West Side Pacific Highway Association; member of the Port of Portland Commission; and State treasurer of Oregon; in civic activities he has been president and honorary life member of Craftsmen's Club; president, Multnomah Anglers' Club; director, American Automobile Association; president, Pacific Coast Association Paper Box Manufacturers; director, Portland Rotary Club; director, Associated Industries of Oregon; honorary member of Oregon Cavemen; president, Stream Purification League of Oregon; is a Mason, a past

potentate of Al Kader Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; received the seventh degree of the Patrons of Husbandry in the National Grange; president of Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers; elected to the United States Senate on November 8, 1938, for the term ending January 3, 1945.

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook, Washington, and Yamhill (17 counties). Population (1930), 432,572.

JAMES W. MOTT, Republican, of Salem, Oreg.; lawyer; born in Clearfield County, Pa., November 12, 1883; came to Salem, Oreg., with parents, Dr. William S. and Willetta M. Mott, in 1890; attended Salem public schools, University of Oregon, and Stanford University; A. B., Columbia University, New York, 1909; engaged for a time in newspaper work; LL. B., Willamette University, Salem, 1917; commenced practice of law at Astoria, Oreg., in 1917; enlisted in the Navy in 1918, returning and resuming practice in 1919; elected city attorney of Astoria in 1920; elected representative from Clatsop County in the Oregon Legislature in 1922; reelected in 1924 and in 1926; returned to Salem, establishing law office there in 1929; elected representative from Marion County in the Oregon Legislature in 1930; appointed corporation commissioner of Oregon by Gov. Julius L. Meier in 1931; married to Miss Ethel L. Walling, of Polk County, Oreg., in 1919, and they have three daughters-Frances Anne, Dorothy May, and Beverly Jane; elected to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses.

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco, and Wheeler (18 counties). Population (1930), 182,973.

WALTER MARCUS PIERCE, Democrat, of near La Grande, Oreg., was born on a farm near Morris, Ill., May 30, 1861; attended country school and Morris Academy; taught school; moved to Oregon in 1883 and taught school and served as county school superintendent and county clerk; operated wheat farms; attended Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill., from which he received the degree of LL. B. in 1896; practiced law for 10 years; engaged in banking and power and light business; from 1907 until 1937 operated stock and wheat farms; in Oregon State Senate two terms, 1902-6 and 1916-20, with special interest in legislation on roads, labor, and education; Governor of Oregon, 1923–27; Democratic national committeeman from Oregon, 1932-36; member of board of regents of Oregon State College, 1905-27; married Cornelia Marvin, State librarian of Oregon; had six children by former marriage; elected to the Seventythird Congress; reelected to the Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses; only Democrat ever elected to represent the district. THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTY: Multnomah. Population (1930), 338,241.

HOMER D. ANGELL, Republican, of Portland, Oreg., son of Thomas and Susan Angell, both of whom were born in New York and came from Iowa to Oregon in 1852; born on a farm near The Dalles, Oreg., educated in the public schools; B. A. degree, University of Oregon, LL. B. and M. A. degrees, Columbia University, of New York; attorney at law; admitted to practice in the States of New York and Oregon, in the Federal courts, and United States Supreme Court; member of the Oregon Legislature from 1929 to 1938, when he resigned from the State senate, with the exception of one term for which he was not a candidate; married to Mayme Henton; elected to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses.

PENNSYLVANIA

(Population (1930), 9,631,350)
SENATORS

JAMES JOHN DAVIS, Republican, of Pittsburgh, was born in Tredegar, South Wales, October 27, 1873; his father migrated to Pittsburgh in August 1880, his mother and their six children following him in April 1881; later moved to Sharon, Pa.; attended public schools and Sharon Business College; has received

honorary degree of LL. D. from Bucknell University, Pennsylvania Military Academy, University of Pittsburgh, Drake University, Muhlenberg College, and St. Bonaventure's Seminary and College; at the age of 12 began working and learning his trade as a puddler in the iron and steel works at Sharon; worked in the iron and steel works at Pittsburgh, and Birmingham, Ala., and later in the steel and tin-plate mills at Elwood, Ind.; joined the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers of America, was elected to various offices therein, and is still a member in good standing; elected city clerk of Elwood in May 1898; elected recorder of Madison County, Ind., in November 1902; joined the Loyal Order of Moose in 1906; in 1907 became director general of the order and still holds that office; chairman Moose War Relief Commission, visiting early in 1918 the military camps of the United States, Great Britain, and Canada, and the American, British, Belgian, French, and Italian war fronts; immediately after the armistice was signed went with the troops into Germany; visited the battlefields of Belgium, Germany, and that part of France which had been in possession of the Central Powers; after appointment as Secretary of Labor made two trips to Europe and one to South America to study immigration problems and economic conditions; married Jean Rodenbaugh, 1914 (deceased), and has five children-James J., Jr., Jane Elizabeth, Jean Allys, Joan, and Jewel; a member of the Chevy Chase Club of Washington, D. C.; is also a member of the Masons (thirty-third degree), Mystic Shrine, Grotto, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Elks, Eagles, Foresters, Protected Home Circle, Knights of the Golden Eagle, Woodmen of the World, Maccabees; honorary member, Delta Sigma Phi, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Spanish War Veterans; appointed by President Harding and took oath of office as Secretary of Labor March 5, 1921; continued throughout the administration of President Coolidge and reappointed by President Hoover March 4, 1929; while Secretary of Labor was Chairman, Federal Board for Vocational Education, member of the United States Council of National Defense and of the Smithsonian Institution; elected to the Senate November 4, 1930, resigned as Secretary of Labor on December 2, 1930, and on same day took the oath of office as Senator; reelected to the Senate November 8, 1932; reelected November 8, 1938; his term expires January 3, 1945.

JOSEPH F. GUFFEY, Democrat, Pittsburgh, Pa., unmarried.

REPRESENTATIVES

FIRST DISTRICT.-CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: Wards 1 to 6, 26, 39, and 48. Population (1930), 286,462. LEON SACKS, Democrat, of Philadelphia, Pa., was born in that city in the first ward, First Congressional District, October 7, 1902; attended the public schools in the first ward, graduating there, and entered the South Philadelphia High School for Boys and graduated in 1919, which is also in the First Congressional District; received degree of bachelor of science in economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1923, and a bachelor of law degree from the law school, University of Pennsylvania, in 1926; a practicing attorney in Philadelphia, Pa., since 1926; married, two children; appointed deputy attorney general of Pennsylvania in February 1935 under the administration of Gov. George H. Earle; member of the Democratic State committee, being elected from the first senatorial district of Philadelphia in 1936; Democratic leader of the first ward in Philadelphia, Pa., for the past 4 years; member of many local fraternal, beneficial, and social societies; also a member of the McKean Law Club; elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress on November 3, 1936; reelected to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses.

SECOND DISTRICT.—CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: Wards 7 to 10, 24, 27, 30, 36, and 44. Population (1930), 247,068.

JAMES P. McGRANERY, Democrat, of Philadelphia, Pa., was born in that city on July 8, 1895; married Miss Regina T. Clark on November 29, 1939; elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress; reelected to the Seventy-sixth and Seventyseventh Congresses.

THIRD DISTRICT.-CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: Wards 11, 12, 13, 14, 16 to 20, 25, 31, 37, and 45. Population (1930), 298,461.

MICHAEL J. BRADLEY, Democrat, of Philadelphia, Pa., was born in that city on May 24, 1897; educated in the parochial schools; World War veteran, having enlisted in May 1917, and serving overseas in the United States Navy

from December 1917 to December 1919; member of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars; married, July 6, 1919, to Emily Angiuli, of Rome, Italy, and they have four children-Raymond, Marian, Catherine, and Edward; engaged in investment security and brokerage business from 1923 to 1935; deputy insurance commissioner, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from July 1, 1935, to January 1, 1937; member, Commercial Telegraphers' Union; elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress on November 3, 1936; reelected to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: Wards 15, 28, 29, 32, 38, and 47. Population (1930), 274,376.

JOHN EDWARD SHERIDAN, Democrat, of Philadelphia; born in Waterbury, Conn., September 15, 1902; received B. S. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1925 and LL. B. degree from Temple University School of Law in 1931; lawyer; engaged in general practice; former deputy attorney general, department of justice, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; member and secretary of the Board of Revision of Taxes of Philadelphia County, January 5, 1937, to May 1937; secretary of Family Court, May 1937 to September 1937; Pennsylvania counsel for Delaware River Bridge Commission, December 16, 1938, to June 16, 1939; elected to the Seventy-sixth Congress at a special election held on November 7, 1939, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. J. Burrwood Daly; reelected to the Seventy-seventh Congress by a plurality of 32,000 votes over his opponent, former Congressman Benjamin M. Golder.

FIFTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: Wards 23, 33, 35, 41, and 43. Population (1930), 269,564. FRANCIS R. SMITH, Democrat, of Philadelphia, Pa.; born in Philadelphia, Pa., September 25, 1911; was graduated from Roman Catholic high school, Philadelphia, in 1929; St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, in 1933, with B. S. degree; and Temple University Law School in 1938, with LL. B. degree; associated with the law firm of Hirst & Mullaney, Philadelphia, Pa.; bank examiner with Pennsylvania State Banking Department, 1938-39; candidate for representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly in 1938; elected to the Seventyseventh Congress, receiving 76,724 votes, against 60,109 for Fred C. Gartner, Republican.

SIXTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: Wards 34, 40, 46, and 51. Population (1930), 291,720.

FRANCIS JOHN MYERS, Democrat, of Philadelphia, Pa.; born in Philadelphia, Pa., December 18, 1901; was graduated from St. Joseph's High School, Philadelphia, in 1919; St. Joseph's College, Philadelphia, in 1923, with B. A. degree; and Temple University Law School in 1927, with LL. B. degree; instructor in St. Joseph's High School, 1923-27, engaged in the practice of law since 1927; secretary to the district attorney of Philadelphia, 1929-31; attorney for Home Owners' Loan Corporation, 1934-35; appointed deputy attorney general for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1937; married Miss Catharine M. Hall, and they have three children-Francis John, Jr., Kathleen, and Barbara; elected to Seventy-sixth Congress; reelected to the Seventy-seventh Congress. SEVENTH DISTRICT.-CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: Wards 21, 22, 42, 49, and 50. Population (1930), 283,310.

HUGH D. SCOTT, JR., Republican, of Philadelphia, Pa.; born in Fredericksburg, Va., November 11, 1900; attended public and private schools; graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1919, with A. B. degree, and from the University of Virginia in 1922, with LL. B. degree; also attended University of Pennsylvania; engaged in active practice of law since 1922; partner in firm of White & Staples; assistant district attorney, Philadelphia County, Pa., for 15 years; formerly chairman, criminal law committee, Pennsylvania Bar Association; also active in Philadelphia and American Bar Associations; member, governor's commission on reform of magistrates system; chairman of the board, Woodmere Art Gallery; director, Hayes Mechanics Home for Aged; enrolled in student R. O. T. C. and S. A. T. C. during World War; a commissioned officer United States Naval Reserve; member Alpha Chi Rho and Tau Kappa Alpha fraternities, Hiram Lodge, No. 81, F. & A. M., Sons of the Revolution, Order of Independent Americans, Philadelphia Cricket Club; married Marian Chase, of Germantown, Pa.; one child, Marian Lee; elected to the Seventy-seventh Congress on November 5, 1940.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.-COUNTY: Delaware. Population (1930), 280,264.

JAMES WOLFENDEN, Republican, of Upper Darby, was born in Cardington, Delaware County, Pa.; elected to the Seventieth Congress; reelected to the succeeding Congresses.

NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bucks and Lehigh (2 counties). Population (1930), 269,620.

CHARLES L. GERLACH, Republican, of Allentown, Pa.; born in Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pa., September 14, 1895; married November 16, 1916, to Florence I. Hillegass; educated in public schools of Bethlehem; partner of Allentown Supply Co., wholesale and retail fuels, burners, and heat conditioners; Republican State committeeman, 1936-37; chairman of organization committee for Republican clubs in Lehigh County; past president of Post L, T. P. A.; member of the Moravian Church; thirty-second degree Mason, Shriner, Moose, Owl, and Eagle; elected to the Seventy-sixth Congress on November 8, 1938; reelected to the Seventy-seventh Congress.

TENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Chester and Lancaster (2 counties). Population (1930), 323,511.

J. ROLAND KINZER, Republican, of Lancaster, was born on a farm in East Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pa., March 28, 1874; attended the public schools; graduated from Lancaster (Pa.) High School in 1891 and Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., in 1896; member of Lancaster County bar since 1900; married Bertha Snyder, of Lancaster, Pa.; Chi Phi fraternity; Lutheran; county solicitor, 1912-23; delegate to the Republican National Convention at Kansas City in 1928; elected to the Seventy-first Congress; reelected to the Seventy-second and succeeding Congresses.

ELEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTY: Lackawanna. Population (1930), 310,397.

PATRICK J. BOLAND, Democrat, of Scranton; son of Fanny and Christopher T. Boland, prominent contractor; educated in parochial schools and St. Thomas College; member of firm of Boland Bros., general contractors; elected to council, school board, and county commissioner of Lackawanna County; nominated on all tickets for Congress in May 1930, and elected to the Seventy-second Congress without opposition in November 1930; reelected to the Seventy-third Congress without opposition; reelected to the Seventy-fourth Congress without opposition; appointed as majority whip; reelected to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses.

TWELFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTY: Luzerne. Population (1930), 445,109.

J. HAROLD FLANNERY, Democrat, of Pittston, Pa.; born April 19, 1898, at Pittston, Pa.; graduate of Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, Pa., and Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pa.; admitted to the bar in March 1921; solicitor, Pittston City, 1926-30; Democratic county chairman 1926-28, and assistant district attorney of Luzerne County, 1932-36; honorably discharged from United States Army December 14, 1919; married Anne Allan, October 29, 1929; they have one son-J. Harold Flannery, Jr.; elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress; reelected to the Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses.

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Northumberland and Schuylkill (2 counties). Population (1930), 364,009.

IVOR D. FENTON, Republican, of Mahanoy City (Buck Mountain), Pa., was born in that city, August 3, 1889; received early education in the public schools of Shenandoah and Mahanoy City, and later attended Bucknell University at Lewisburg; graduated from Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, class of 1912; served interneship at Ashland State Hospital and short time after opened offices in Mahanoy City; married to Theresa Lewis, Mahanoy City, June 23, 1915, and they have three children Mary, Elizabeth, and Peggy; enlisted in the United States Army Medical Corps and was commissioned a lieutenant, August 8, 1917, rising to the rank of captain; served 20 months (11 months overseas) with the Three Hundred and Fifteenth Infantry of the Seventyninth Division; discharged on June 6, 1919, and returned to Mahanoy City to resume medical practice; member of numerous fraternal and civic organizations; past commander and trustee of Post 74, American Legion, Mahanoy City, and surgeon for Hall-Reese Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars; past president of the

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