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THIRTY-SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Cayuga, Ontario, Seneca, Wayne, and Yates (5 counties).
Population (1920), 208,076.

NORMAN JUDD GOULD, Republican, of Seneca Falls, Seneca County, N. Y.; born at Seneca Falls, N. Y., March 15, 1877; elected to the Sixty-fourth, Sixtyfifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress.

THIRTY-SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, and Tompkins (5 counties.) Population (1920), 219,094.

ALANSON B. HOUGHTON, Republican, of Corning, N. Y.; born October 10, 1863, at Cambridge, Mass.; glass manufacturer; married and has four children; elected to the Sixty-sixth Congress by a plurality of 16,219 and to the Sixty-seventh Congress by a plurality of about 29,000.

THIRTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.-MONROE COUNTY: The first, second, third, and fourth assembly districts. Population (1920), 283,556.

THOMAS B. DUNN, Republican, of Rochester, N. Y., was born in Providence, R. I.; removed to Rochester and for many years was actively connected with different business enterprises in that city; is married and has a daughter and a son; was chief commissioner of the New York State commission to the Jamestown TerCentennial Exposition, Jamestown, Va., in 1907; was elected to New York State Senate in 1907-8, and as New York State treasurer in 1909-10; also elected to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress.

THIRTY-NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, Wyoming. MONROE COUNTY: The towns of Chili, Clarkson, Gates, Hamlin, Ogden, Parma, Riga, Sweden, and Wheatland, and the eleventh ward, third and fourth élection districts of the fifteenth ward, nineteenth ward, and the first, second, third, fourth, and sixth election districts of the twentieth ward of the city of Rochester. Population (1920), 202,217.

ARCHIE D. SANDERS, Republican, of Stafford, was born in Stafford, Genesee County, June 17, 1857, the son of John and Elizabeth Dovell Sanders, who for several years was supervisor of Stafford and internal-revenue officer and member of assembly in 1879 and 1880. Father and son were extensively engaged in the produce business for many years, and later H. Ralph Sanders became a member of the firm. Archie D. Sanders was educated in the common schools, the Le Roy Academy, and Buffalo Central High School, and at the age of 16 years entered active business; was elected highway commissioner of Stafford in 1894 and supervisor in 1895; was elected member of assembly in 1895 and 1896, and served on railroad and other important committees; has been delegate to many State conventions and was delegate to national Republican convention at St. Louis in 1896, and was State committeeman for thirtieth congressional district in 1900 and 1901. In 1898 President McKinley appointed him collector of internal revenue for the twenty-eighth district of New York, comprising the counties of Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Livingston, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Wyoming, Yates, Steuben, Chemung, Allegany, and Genesee, which position he filled for the following 14 years, being relieved by the Democratic appointee June 1, 1914. In 1914, in a three-cornered fight, for the nomination on the Republican ticket, he was elected State senator for the forty-fourth senatorial district of New York State, composed of the counties of Genesee, Wyoming, and Allegany, by a plurality of approximately 7,000 votes, and served on the following committees: Cities, internal affairs, taxation and retrenchment, commerce and navigation, and affairs of villages; was elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress by more than 14,000 majority, reelected to the Sixty-sixth Congress by more than 22,000 majority, and reelected to the Sixtyseventh Congress by a plurality of 35,477.

FORTIETH DISTRICT.-NIAGARA COUNTY. ERIE COUNTY: The city of Tonawanda; the twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, and twenty-fifth wards of the city of Buffalo, and the towns of Grand Island and Tonawanda. Population (1920), 287,050.

STEPHEN WALLACE DEMPSEY, Republican, of Lockport; assistant United States attorney 1899 to 1907; special assistant to Attorney General of the United States, 1907 to 1912, in prosecutions of the Standard Oil Co. and the New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroads on charges of giving and accepting concessions on freight rates. He is a member of the law firm of Dempsey & Fogle, Lockport, N. Y.; served in the Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress.

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FORTY-FIRST DISTRICT.-ERIE COUNTY: The sixth, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twenty-sixth, and twenty-seventh wards of the city of Buffalo, and the towns of Alden, Amherst, Cheektowaga, Clarence, Elma, Lancaster, Marilla, and Newstead. Population (1920), 239,401.

CLARENCE MACGREGOR, Republican, of Buffalo, N. Y.; elected to Sixtysixth Congress and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress.

FORTY-SECOND DISTRICT.-ERIE COUNTY: The city of Lackawanna; the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh wards of the city of Buffalo; and the towns of Aurora, Boston, Brant, Colden, Collins, Concord, East Hamburg, Eden, Evans, Hamburg, Holland, North Collins, Sardinia, Wales, and West Seneca. Population (1920), 226,942.

JAMES M. MEAD, Democrat, of Buffalo, N. Y., was born December 27, 1885, at Mount Morris, Livingston County, N. Y.; served on the board of supervisors in Erie County in 1914, and in 1915, 1916, 1917, and 1918 served as a member of the New York State Assembly; elected to the Sixty-sixth and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress.

FORTY-THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua (3 counties). Population (1920), 223,513.

DANIEL ALDEN REED, Republican, of Dunkirk, N. Y., was born September 15, 1875, at Sheridan, Chautauqua County, N. Y.; educated at district school, Sheridan, N. Y., Silver Creek High School, Silver Creek, N. Y., and Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.; attorney at law; married and has two children; elected to the Sixty-sixth Congress November 5, 1918; reelected November 2, 1920, by a majority of 40,000.

NORTH CAROLINA.

(Population (1920), 2,559,123.)
SENATORS.

FURNIFOLD MCLENDEL SIMMONS, Democrat, of Newbern, was born January 20, 1854, in the county of Jones, N. C.; educated at Wake Forest College and Trinity College; graduated at Trinity College, that State, with the degree of A. B., in June, 1873; was admitted to the bar in 1875, and practiced the profession of law until 1901; in 1886 was elected a Member of the Fiftieth Congress from the second congressional district of North Carolina; in 1893 was appointed collector of internal revenue for the fourth (the eastern) district of North Carolina, and served in that office during the term of Mr. Cleveland; in the campaigns of 1892, 1898, 1900, 1902, 1904, and 1906 was chairman of the Democratic executive committee of the State; received the degree of LL. D. from Trinity College, North Carolina, June, 1901; June, 1915, received the degree of LL. D. from the University of North Carolina; was elected to the United States Senate for the term beginning March 4, 1901, and reelected in 1907, 1913, and 1918. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance 1913-1919. A member of the Senate Committee on Finance, the Committee on Commerce, and of other committees. His term of service will expire March 3, 1925.

LEE SLATER OVERMAN, Democrat, of Salisbury, was born January 3, 1854, in Salisbury, Rowan County; graduated at Trinity College, North Carolina, with the degree of A. B., June, 1874; the degree of M. A. was conferred upon him two years later; since that time the degree of LL. D.; also degree of LL. D. conferred by the University of North Carolina in 1917; taught school two years; was private secretary to Gov. Z. B. Vance in 1877-78, private secretary to Gov. Thomas J. Jarvis in 1879; began the practice of law in his native town in 1880; was five times a member of the legislature, sessions of 1883, 1885, 1887, 1893, and 1899; was the unanimous choice of his party and elected speaker of the house of representatives session of 1893; was president of the North Carolina Railroad Co. in 1894; was the choice of the Democratic caucus for United States Senator in 1895, and defeated in open session by Hon. Jeter C. Pritchard, through a combination of Republicans and Populists; was president of the Democratic State convention in 1900 and 1911; for 10 years a member of the board of trustees of the State University; is also trustee of Trinity College; was chosen presidential elector for the State at large in 1900; married Mary P., eldest daughter of United States Senator (afterwards Chief Justice) A. S. Merrimon, October 31, 1878; was elected to the United States Senate to succeed Hon. Jeter C. Pritchard, Republican, for the term beginning March 4, 1903, and reelected in 1909; was elected on November 3, 1914, for a third term, being the first Senator elected to the United States Senate by direct vote of the people of his State. Elected on the 2d day of November, 1920, for the fourth term by a majority of 81,161.

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REPRESENTATIVES.

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington (14 counties). Population (1920), 206,137.

HALLETT SYDNEY WARD, Democrat, Washington, N. C.; born in Gates County, N. C., August 31, 1870; education rudimentary; studied law at summer school of North Carolina University and located in practice at Plymouth, N. C.; married Aileen Latham, of Plymouth, N. C., September, 1896; elected to the State senate 1899 and 1901; elected solicitor of the first judicial district of North Carolina in 1904 and served six years and retired; moved to Washington, N. C., November, 1904, and soon thereafter formed law partnership with Junius D. Grimes, which relation continues under the firm style of Ward & Grimes; elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress November 2, 1920, over Wheeler Martin, Republican, by a vote of 21,414 to 7,495.

SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bertie, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Lenoir, Northampton, Warren, and Wilson (8 counties). Population (1920), 233,111.

CLAUDE KITCHIN, Democrat, of Scotland Neck, was born in Halifax County, N. C., near Scotland Neck, March 24, 1869; graduated from Wake Forest College June, 1888, and was married to Miss Kate Mills November 13 of the same year; was admitted to the bar September, 1890, and has since been engaged in the practice of the law at Scotland Neck; never held public office until elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress; elected to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first, Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress.

THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Sampson, and Wayne (9 counties). Population (1920), 202,760.

SAMUEL MITCHELL BRINSON, Democrat, of Newbern, was born at Newbern, N. C., March 20, 1870; received elementary and high school training in Newbern schools; was graduated from Wake Forest (N. C.) College in 1891; taught one year in the Newbern school; read law at the State University in 1895 and received license to practice law from the Supreme Court of North Carolina in February, 1896; practiced law until March, 1902, when he was elected superintendent of public instruction of Craven County; held this office until March 4, 1919, when he began term in Sixtysixth Congress, to which elected in November, 1918; was the Democratic nominee for Congress and received 10,205 votes, as against 7,000 cast for Hon. Claud R. Wheatley, the Republican nominee; was married January 16, 1901, to Miss Ruth M. Scales, of Salisbury, N. C., who died January 19, 1919; has one daughter, Mary Steele Brinson, by this marriage. Was reelected November 2, 1920, by a majority of 5,200 over his Republican opponent, Hon. R. L. Herring.

FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Chatham, Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Vance, and Wake (6 counties).
Population (1920), 238,494.

EDWARD WILLIAM POU, Democrat, of Smithfield, was born at Tuskegee, Ala., September 9, 1863; was educated at the University of North Carolina; was chairman of the executive committee of his county in 1886; married Carrie H. Ihrie in 1887; was presidential elector in 1888; was elected solicitor of the fourth judicial district of North Carolina in 1890, 1894, and 1898; while serving his third term as solicitor was elected to the Fifty-seventh Congress; was elected to the Fifty-eighth, Fiftyninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first, Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress by a majority of 12,436 over J. D. Parker, Republican, being the largest majority given him during his service in Congress.

FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Alamance, Caswell, Durham, Forsyth, Granville, Guilford, Orange,
Person, Rockingham, Stokes, and Surry (11 counties). Population (1920), 408,139.

CHARLES MANLY STEDMAN, Democrat, of Greensboro, N. C., was born January 29, 1841, in Pittsboro, N. C. He entered the University of North Carolina at the age of 16, and graduated from that institution in 1861. He received his diploma, but before the commencement exercises responded to a call for volunteers and enlisted as a private in the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry Company, which was in the First North Carolina (or Bethel) Regiment. Upon the disbanding of this regiment, he joined a company from Chatham County; was lieutenant, then captain, and afterwards major. He served with Lee's Army during the entire war, and was wounded three times. Surrendered at Appomattox. Immediately after

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the war he read law and procured his license to practice. On January 8, 1866, he married Miss Catherine de Rossett Wright, daughter of Joshua G. Wright, of Wilmington, N. C. In 1867 he moved to Wilmington and practiced law under the firm name of Wright & Stedman. In 1880 was chosen a delegate to the Democratic national convention. Was elected lieutenant governor in 1884, holding the position until the expiration of the term. In 1888, after a prolonged contest, he was defeated for governor by a very small majority. In 1898 moved to Greensboro and practiced law under the firm name of Stedman & Cooke. Served as president of the North Carolina Bar Association. In 1909 was appointed by Gov. Kitchin as director of the North Carolina Railroad Co., and afterwards elected its president. Was elected to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-fourth Congress by a majority of 3,602 over John T. Benbow, Republican; reelected to the Sixty-fifth Congress; reelected to the Sixty-sixth Congress; reelected to the Sixtyseventh Congress.

SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, New Hanover, and Robeson (7 counties). Population (1920), 223,432.

HOMER LE GRAND LYON, Democrat, of Whiteville, N. C., was born March 1, 1879, in Elizabethtown, N. C.; educatel at Davis Military School and the University of North Carolina; licensed to practice law in September, 1900; had been solicitor of the eighth judicial district for seven years preceding his election to Congress; married Miss Kate M. Burkhead in 1904; elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress November 2, 1920, receiving 24,174 votes, to 11,040 for Hon. R. S. White, his Republican opponent.

SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Anson, Davidson, Davie, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Richmond, Scotland, Union, Wilkes, and Yadkin (13 counties). Population (1920), 295,317. WILLIAM C. HAMMER, Democrat, of Asheboro, was born March 24, 1865, in the county of Randolph, N. C.; educated in the common and private schools, at Yadkin Institute, Western Maryland College, and University of North Carolina; was admitted to the bar in September, 1891, and has practiced law continuously since that time; taught school before being admitted to the bar; has served as member of the city council, mayor of Asheboro, member of the school board, county superintendent of public instruction, and for more than 12 years as solicitor in the superior court of the tenth judicial district (now the fifteenth); before being admitted to the bar purchased the Asheboro Courier and edited it for many years, and is still the owner and editor of the newspaper; appointed United States attorney February 24, 1914, and served until he resigned after receiving the Democratic nomination for Congress in the last campaign; has been identified with and an enthusiastic supporter of the educational and good-roads movements in the State for more than a quarter of a century; was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress November 2, 1920, by a majority of 4,287; married Miss Minnie Lee Hancock December 21, 1893, and has one child, a daughter.

EIGHTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Iredell, Rowan, Stanly, and Watauga (9 counties). Population (1920), 217,254.

ROBERT L. DOUGHTON, Democrat, Laurel Springs, N. C., was born at Laurel Springs, N. C., November 7, 1863; was educated in the public schools and at Laurel Springs and Sparta High Schools; is a farmer and stock raiser; elected to the Sixtysecond, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress.

NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Avery, Burke, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Madison, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, and Yancey (10 counties). Population (1920), 297,996.

ALFRED LEE BULWINKLE, Democrat, of Gastonia, Gaston County, N. C.; born in Charleston, S. C., April 21, 1883; moved to Dallas, N. C., 1891; attended school in Dallas; studied law at the University of North Carolina; lawyer; member of the law firm of Bulwinkle & Cherry, Gastonia; prosecuting attorney in the municipal court of the city of Gastonia 1913-1916; nominated for the State senate by the Democratic primary of 1916, but withdrew on account of being in the military service on the Mexican border; captain, First Infantry, North Carolina National Guard, 1909-1917; major commanding Second Battalion, One hundred and thirteenth Field Artillery, Fifty-fifth Field Artillery Brigade, Thirtieth Division, 1917-1919, and served with the regiment in the American Expeditionary Forces; married Miss Bessie Lewis 1911; two children; was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress November 2, 1920, by a vote of 40,195, to 35,686 for Jake F. Newell, Republican.

TENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, and Transylvania (13 counties). Population (1920), 236,483.

ZEBULON WEAVER, Democrat, was born May 12, 1872, at Weaverville, Buncombe County; educated at Weaver College; studied law at University of North Carolina; admitted to bar in September, 1894, and has since that time practiced at Asheville, N. C.; was elected to the House of Representatives of North Carolina sessions of 1907 and 1909; also represented the thirty-sixth district in the State senate at the sessions of 1913 and 1915; married Miss Anna Hyman, of Newbern, N. C., and they have five children. He was the Democratic nominee for Congress in 1916 against Hon. James J. Britt, who was then in Congress from the tenth district; he was given, upon the returns, a majority of 9 votes, and received his certificate from the State board of elections; he served during the entire Sixty-fifth Congress except two days; his seat was contested by Mr. Britt; the contest was referred to Elections Committee No. 1, of which Judge Walter Watson, of Virginia, was chairman, and a majority report was filed in his favor; a minority report was filed, and upon a party vote Mr. Britt was seated, 184 Republicans voting for the minority report and 183 Democrats voting against it. Mr. Weaver, however, had already at that time been elected to the Sixtysixth Congress over his former opponent, Mr. Britt, by a majority of about 1,100 votes. He was reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress over Hon. L. L. Jenkins, Republican candidate, by a majority of about 2,000 votes.

NORTH DAKOTA.

(Population (1920), 645,680.)
SENATORS.

PORTER JAMES MCCUMBER, Republican, of Wahpeton; lawyer; elected to United States Senate 1899; reelected in 1905, in 1911, and in 1916.

EDWIN FREEMONT LADD, Nonpartisan Republican, Fargo, N. Dak.; was born in Starks, Me., December 13, 1859; educated in the public schools, in Somerset Academy, Athens, Me., and in the University of Maine, from which institution he received the degree B. S. in 1884 and the degree LL. D. in 1915; was chemist of New York State Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y., from 1884 to 1890; became professor of chemistry at North Dakota Agricultural College and chemist of the experiment station, Fargo, N. Dak., in 1890, which position he has held to date; for the past five years has been president of the agricultural college; has been food commissioner for North Dakota and head of the regulatory department for the past 20 years; was Federal food administrator during the period of the World War; edited and published the Sanitary Home and the North Dakota Farmer for five years, and is author of a number of reports, bulletins, and scientific papers and addresses; is a member of a large number of leading associations—the Association for Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, Society for Promotion of Agricultural Science; member and past president of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists; member and past president of the Association of Dairy, Drug, and Food Officials; member of Farmers' Marketing Committee of 17; was member of the Federal pricefixing committee for wheat; member of the American Public Health Association, etc.; was elected United States Senator, as a Republican with Nonpartisan indorsement, November 2, 1920; received a vote of 130,098, while Mr. E. A. Perry, the Independent candidate received 87,066, or a total senatorial vote of 217,164, as compared with 203,984 for the presidential vote; married in 1893 to Rizpah Sprogle, Annapolis, Md.; has eight children.

REPRESENTATIVES.

FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Cass, Cavalier, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey, Ransom, Rich-
land, Sargent, Steele, Towner, Traill, and Walsh (13 counties). Population (1920), 215,969.
OLGER B. BURTNESS, Republican, of Grand Forks, N. Dak., was born on a farm
near that city March 14, 1884; educated in public schools and at the University of
North Dakota; received B. A. degree in 1906 and LL. B. degree in 1907; State's
attorney of Grand Forks County six years; delegate to Republican national conven-
tion in 1916; elected to 1919 North Dakota Legislative Assembly; married on Sep-
tember 8, 1909, to Zoe Ensign, of Detroit, Minn.; elected to the Sixty-seventh Con-
gress November 2, 1920, by official majority of 11,458 over John M. Baer, Nonpartisan
Republican, who was a candidate for reelection.

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