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; reelected Vice President of the United States November 3, 1936.

ALABAMA

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

JOHN HOLLIS BANKHEAD, 2d, Democrat, of Jasper, was born in Lamar County, Ala., July 8, 1872; attended public schools and was graduated from the University of Alabama, A. B., 1891; Georgetown University Law School, LL. B., 1893; received honorary LL. D. degree from Alabama Polytechnic Institute; S. A. E. fraternity, Phi Beta Kappa; admitted to the bar in 1893; married; elected November 4, 1930, to the United States Senate; reelected November 3, 1936.

DIXIE BIBB GRAVES, Democrat, of Montgomery; born near Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., July 26, 1882; educated in the public schools; married on October 10, 1900; received honorary degree of doctor of literature from Alabama College, at Montevallo, in 1935; during the World War qualified as instructor in making surgical dressings; served as president of the Alabama Daughters of Confederacy 1915-17; chairman of the illiteracy committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs 1930–35; appointed to the United States Senate on August 19, 1937, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hugo L. Black, and took her seat August 20, 1937.

REPRESENTATIVES

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

FRANK WILLIAM BOYKIN, Democrat, of Mobile, Ala., was born in Bladon Springs, Choctaw County, Ala., on February 21, 1885; educated in the public schools; began business career early in life; now prominently identified with real estate, farming, livestock, timber, lumber, and naval stores business in south Alabama; married Miss Ocllo Gunn, of Thomasville, Clarke County, Ala., and they have five children; during the World War was official in shipbuilding companies which built 52 percent of all ships built on the Gulf coast prior to Armistice; was president of the Loyalty League of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana; is a thirty-second degree Mason, Shriner; a member of the Methodist Church; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress at a special election held on July 30, 1935, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hon. John McDuffie; reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress without opposition.

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, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth 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, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth 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 school, 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; elected March 6, 1936, by the House of Representatives, one of the managers on the part of the House for the impeachment trial of Halsted L. Ritter, then judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and served as one of such managers in that trial before the Senate of the United States; reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress in 1936.

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; reelected to Seventy-fifth Congress without opposition.

SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bibb, Chilton, Greene, Hale, Perry, Shelby, Sumter, and Tuscaloosa (8 counties). Population (1930), 236,412.

PETE JARMAN, Democrat, of Livingston, Ala.; born in Greensboro, Ala., October 31, 1892; graduated from the University of Alabama, A. B. degree, 1913; assistant examiner of accounts of the State of Alabama, 1919–30; assistant State comptroller in 1935 and 1936; secretary of state, 1931-35; member of the State Democratic executive committee, 1927-31; second and first lieutenant in the Three Hundred and Twenty-seventh Infantry during the World War, slightly wounded on the western front; inspector general of Alabama National Guard, with rank of major, 1922-24; division inspector of the Thirty-first Infantry Division, National Guard, with rank of lieutenant colonel, 1924-37; commander of the Alabama Department of the American Legion, 1927-28; married Miss

Beryl Bricken on February 25, 1930; member of the Methodist Church, S. A. E. fraternity, American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars; became Democratic nominee for the Seventy-fifth Congress on May 6, 1936, receiving 13,674 votes, against 4,535 votes for Thomas H. Maxwell; elected on November 3, 1936, without opposition; chairman of Standing Committee on Memorials.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Blount, Cullman, Fayette, 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, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses; after the death of Representative Pou was elected chairman of the Rules Committee in the Seventy-third Congress; elected Majority Leader, first session, of the Seventy-fourth Congress; upon the death of Speaker Joseph W. Byrns, he was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives for the remainder of the Seventy-fourth Congress; nominated Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fifth Congress, without opposition in the Democratic Caucus, and elected to such position on January 5, 1937.

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

JOHN J. SPARKMAN, Democrat, of Huntsville, Ala., was born near Hartselle, Morgan County, Ala., December 20, 1899; attended the country schools, Morgan County High School, at Hartselle, and the University of Alabama, at Tuscaloosa, where he received the degrees of A. B. in 1921, LL. B. in 1923, and A. M. in 1924; Phi Beta Kappa and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternities; a Mason and a Woodman of the World; Kiwanian; member American Legion; is a lawyer by profession; was admitted to the bar in 1923 and commenced practice in Huntsville, being a member of the firm of Taylor, Richardson & Sparkman, of Huntsville, until he retired upon election to Congress in order to give his full time to his congressional duties; was a member of the Students Army Training Corps during the World War; is a major in the Organized Reserves; married to Miss Ivo Hall, of Albertville, Ala., on June 2, 1923, and they have one daughter-Julia Ann; he, his wife, and daughter are members of the Methodist Church, South; elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress on November 3, 1936.

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

LUTHER PATRICK, Democrat, of Birmingham, Ala., was born in Morgan County, Ala., January 23, 1894; educated in the public and high schools of Cullman County, and the University of Alabama; LL. B., University of Alabama, 1918; special work at Louisiana State University and Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind.; admitted to the bar in 1919; served as city attorney of Fairfield, Ala., 1920-22, as assistant attorney general of Alabama, 1927-29, and as assistant United States district attorney in 1934; member of the law firm of Patrick & Appelbaum, Birmingham, Ala.; married Miss Pearl McPherson in 1918; World War veteran; teacher, writer, lawyer, and radio commentator; Mason and Knight of Pythias; member of Lions International Club and Eagles; elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress, on November 3, 1936.

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 Legislature 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 in 1926; reelected 1932.

REPRESENTATIVE

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

JOHN ROBERT MURDOCK, Democrat, of Tempe, Ariz.; born near Lewistown, Lewis County, Mo., April 20, 1885; educated in the common schools of Missouri; A. B. degree from the State Teachers College at Kirksville, Mo., in 1912, M. A. degree from the University of Iowa in 1925, did graduate work at the University of California in 1929; for 22 years an instructor in the three institutions of higher learning in Arizona; author of textbooks on history and government used in the public schools of Arizona; 3 years dean of the Arizona State Teachers College at Tempe; married and has three children-a daughter and two sons; elected to the Seventy-fifth Congress November 3, 1936, receiving 84,343 votes; George L. Burgess, Republican, 20,383; Potter, Socialist, 295; and Whitsett, Union, 3,729.

ARKANSAS

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

SENATORS

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.

JOHN E. MILLER, Democrat, of Searcy, Ark.; born near Aid, Mo.; graduate of Kentucky State University, law department, June 6, 1912, with degree of LL. B.; admitted to bar July 1, 1912; married 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 Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventyfourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses, and served from March 4, 1931, until his resignation effective November 15, 1937, having been elected a Senator; elected to the United States Senate at a special election held October 18, 1937, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson for the term ending January 3, 1943, and took his seat November 15, 1937.

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, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth Congresses, and reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress.

ARKANSAS

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence,
Monroe, Prairie, Randolph, Sharp, Stone, and White (12 counties). Population (1930), 218,596.

[Vacant.]

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, 1903-5; 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 and Philadelphia in 1936; married Miss May Obenshain; two daughters-Ruth Fuller Cross, of Washington, D. C., and Dorothy Fuller Mathews, of West Orange, N. J.; elected to the Seventy-first, Seventy-second, Seventythird, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth 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, 1900-1906; 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 and Seventyfifth Congresses.

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; member board of directors Boys' Clubs of America, Inc.; Episcopalian; member of Kappa Sigma and Phi Delta Phi fraternities; elected to the Seventy-third Congress at a special election held on December 19, 1933; reelected to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses.

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; elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress; reelected to the Seventy-fifth Congress on November 3, 1936.