children, all living. He was elected to the Sixty-fourth and succeeding Congresses; had not held public office prior to his election to Congress; has been a member of Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads during all of his term as Member of the House. SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Harrison, Jasper, Jefferson, Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Panola, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, and Tyler (14 counties). Population (1920), 349,859. JOHN C. BOX, Democrat, of Jacksonville, Tex., was born near Crockett, Houston County, Tex., March 28, 1871; attended country schools two to four months yearly; labored as farm hand during remainder of year; attended Alexander Collegiate Institute, an academy at Kilgore, Tex., for few months at 17; admitted to bar at 22; has since constantly engaged in law practice; in early thirties did several years' trial and appellate court work as attorney for railway companies; severed this connection and returned to general practice at Jacksonville, representing farmers, merchants, banks, mill men, laborers, mechanics, and miscellaneous clients; at 27 and 29 was elected county judge, and declined to stand for reelection; served several terms as mayor of Jacksonville and several terms as chairman of school board; served as county chairman and member of State committee of his party; engaged as speaker in political, prohibition, and other campaigns; married Miss Mina Hill, at Lufkin, in 1893; they have two children, Mary and John C., jr.; successful one of five candidates in 1918 primaries; had no opponent in general election of 1918; only opponent, Hon. Martin Dies, withdrew before primaries of 1920; renominated and reelected by large majority to the Sixty-seventh Congress. THIRD DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Gregg, Henderson, Kaufman, Rusk, Smith, Upshur, Van Zandt, and MORGAN G. SANDERS, Democrat, of Canton, Tex.; born in Van Zandt County, Tex., July 14, 1878; is married; has been engaged in the practice of law since 1901; was elected to the Twenty-eighth Legislature of Texas from Van Zandt County in 1902; reelected in 1904, serving in the twenty-ninth legislature; in 1910 was elected county attorney of Van Zandt County, and reelected in 1912; in 1914 was elected district attorney of the seventh judicial district of Texas, voluntarily retiring at the expiration of first term and again engaging in the general practice of law; nominated for Congress in the Democratic primary in 1920, and elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress November 2 over J. A. Butler, of Smith County. FOURTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Collin, Fannin, Grayson, Hunt, and Rains (5 counties). Population (1920), 230,409. SAM RAYBURN, Democrat, of Bonham, Tex., was born January 6, 1882, in Roane County, Tenn., son of W. M. and Martha Waller Rayburn; is a graduate of the East Texas College; studied law in the University of Texas; is a lawyer by profession; served six years as a member of the Texas Legislature, the last two years as speaker of the house of representatives; was elected to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixtyfifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress. FIFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Dallas, Ellis, and Rockwall (3 counties). Population (1920), 274,842. SIXTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIE: Brazos, Freestone, Hill, Leon, Limestone, Madison, Milam, Navarro, RUFUS HARDY, Democrat, of Corsicana, Tex.; born in Monroe County, Miss., December 16, 1855; educated at private schools in Texas, at the old Gathright School (Somerville Institute), Mississippi, and the University of Georgia; member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity; admitted to the bar in 1875; married Felecia E. Peck, daughter of Capt. William M. Peck, of Fairfield, Tex., in 1881; has four daughtersMrs. R. N. Holloway, of Corsicana, Tex., Mrs. W. C. Holmes, of Shreveport, La., Mrs. W. L. Taggart, of Washington, D. C., and Miss Fay-and one son, Rufus Hardy, jr.; elected county attorney of Navarro County in 1880, and reelected in 1882; elected district attorney for the thirteenth judicial district, composed of Freestone, Limestone, and Navarro Counties, in 1884, and reelected in 1886; elected district judge of same district in 1888, and reelected in 1892; retired from the bench in 1896; main business interest is in farming; elected to the Sixtieth, Sixty-first, Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty Alpha Stat Del Se i Sta ti Ser Co На C seventh Congress. In 1916 the sixth district was changed by adding the counties of Hill, Madison, and Leon, so that the district is now composed of Brazos, Freestone, Limestone, Milam, Navarro, Robertson, Hill, Madison, and Leon Counties. SEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Anderson, Chambers, Galveston, Houston, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, and Walker (10 counties). Population (1920), 211,032. CLAY STONE BRIGGS, Democrat, of Galveston, was born January 8, 1876, at Galveston, Tex.; graduated from Ball High School, Galveston, in 1894; attended University of Texas 1894-95, as a student in the academic department; attended Harvard University, academic department, session 1895-96; graduated from the law department of Yale University, with degree of LL. B., in 1899; is a lawyer, in active practice at Galveston, Tex., from 1899 to June, 1909; served in the Thirtieth Legislature of Texas, as a member of the house of representatives from Galveston County; appointed by the governor in June, 1909, judge of the district court for the tenth judicial district of Texas, and elected three consecutive times to such office, resigning therefrom January 31, 1919, in view of election to the Sixty-sixth Congress from the seventh district of Texas; was nominated in the Democratic primary July 27, 1918, the vote being as follows: Clay Stone Briggs, 13,703; W. L. Hill, 9,782; and Jeff: McLemore, 3,159; had no opposition at the general election in November; is unmarried. Elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress. EIGHTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris, and Waller (4 counties). Population (1920), 242,991. DANIEL E. GARRETT, Democrat, of Houston, was born April 28, 1869, in Robertson County, Tenn.; was educated in the common schools of his native county; is a lawyer by profession; was married to Miss Ida Jones, of Tennessee, on December 7, 1893; was elected to the House of Representatives of Tennessee in 1892 and reelected in 1894; was elected a member of the State Senate of Tennessee in 1902 and reelected in 1904, serving four years in each branch of the legislature; removed to Texas in 1905 and was elected to the Sixty-third Congress from the State at large in November, 1912; elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress from the State at large in 1916; elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress November 2, 1920, from the eighth district. NINTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Brazoria, Calhoun, Colorado, De Witt, Fayette, Goliad, Gonzales, Jackson, Lavaca, Matagorda, Refugio, Victoria, and Wharton (13 counties). Population (1920), 243,455. JOSEPH JEFFERSON MANSFIELD, Democrat, of Columbus, was born February 9, 1861, at Wayne, W. Va. (then Va.); moved to Texas 1881, engaged as laborer on farm and in nursery, later baggage-master and freight clerk Southern Pacific Railway; admitted to the bar 1886; appointed city attorney Eagle Lake 1888; elected mayor Eagle Lake 1889; county attorney Colorado County 1892, reelected 1894; elected county judge Colorado County 1896, serving for 10 consecutive terms, and while holding that office was ex officio county school superintendent for 12 years, and as receiver conducted the municipal affairs of the city of Columbus for 10 years; organized two companies Texas Volunteer Guards in 1886, holding commissions from the adjutant general of Texas, respectively, as second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain; in 1912-13 grand master of Masons in Texas; for several years was editor Colorado Citizen, of Columbus; married in 1888 to Miss Annie Scott Bruce, of Eagle Lake; have three children-Bruce Jefferson (late captain One hundred and thirtyfifth Company, United States Marine Corps), Margaret Byrd, and Jaquelin Amanda. His father, also named Joseph Jefferson, who was a colonel of the Virginia Militia at the outbreak of the Civil War, enlisted in the Confederate Army, and was killed near Coal River July 22, 1861. Elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress; reelected to the Sixty-sixth Congress without opposition; and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress. TENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Austin, Bastrop, Burleson, Caldwell, Hays, Lee, Travis, Washington, and Williamson (9 counties). Population (1920), 244,646. JAMES P. BUCHANAN, Democrat, of Brenham, Tex. ELEVENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Bell, Bosque, Coryell, Falls, Hamilton, and McLennan (6 counties). Population (1920), 218,859. TOM CONNALLY, Democrat, of Marlin, Falls County; son of Jones and Mary E. Connally; born in McLennan County, Tex.; enlisted man Second Texas Infantry, Spanish-American War; member of the Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth Texas Legislatures; prosecuting attorney Falls County 1906 to 1910; married Miss Louise TWELFTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Erath, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, and Tarrant (6 counties). FRITZ GARLAND LANHAM, Democrat, Fort Worth, Tex.; born at Weatherford, Tex., January 3, 1880; received early education in public schools of Washington, D. C., and at Weatherford College, Weatherford, Tex.; was graduated from Weatherford College in 1897 with degree of B. A.; attended Vanderbilt University 1897–98 and the University of Texas 1898-1900 and 1903-1906; was graduated from University of Texas with degree of B. A. in 1900, subsequently taking law course in same institution; attorney at law; was married to Miss Beulah Rowe, of Austin, Tex.; was elected to the Sixty-sixth Congress from the twelfth district of Texas at a special election held April 19, 1919, to determine a successor to the Hon. James C. Wilson, resigned; reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress. THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Jack, Montague, Throck- FOURTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Aransas, Bee, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Guadalupe, Karnes, HARRY MCLEARY WURZBACH, Republican, of Seguin, Tex., was born in San Antonio, Tex., May 19, 1874; educated in the public schools of San Antonio; attended Washington and Lee University and graduated in 1896 with degree of B. L.; practiced law in San Antonio from 1896 to 1900; removed to Seguin in 1900, in which year he was elected county attorney, and in 1904, 1906, 1908, and 1910 elected county judge of Guadalupe County; in 1898 volunteered and served as a private in the Spanish-American War; was married to Miss Darden Wagner, of Columbus, Tex.; elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress November 2, 1920, over Hon. Carlos Bee, Democratic incumbent, by a majority of 3,792, carrying 7 counties out of the 11 counties in the district, receiving a total of 17,495 votes, and being the first Republican to be elected to Congress from Texas in 25 years. Member Committee on Committees and Military Affairs. FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Atascosa, Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Hidalgo, Jim JOHN NANCE GARNER, Democrat, of Uvalde, was born in Red River County, Tex., November 22, 1868; was married in 1895 to Miss Ettie Rheiner; served as a judge of Uvalde County for four years; was a member of the Texas House of Representatives for four years; was a delegate to the Democratic national convention at Kansas City 1900, and to the Democratic national convention at St. Louis 1904; delegate at large to the Democratic national convention at St. Louis in 1916; was elected to the Fifty-eighth, Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, Sixty-first, Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixtyfourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth Congresses, and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress. 35405°-67-1-1ST ED Alph List Sta Se ic Sta tid Ser Co На C C SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Andrews, Bandera, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Ector, Edwards, El Paso, Gillespie, Glasscock, Howard, Hudspeth, Irion, Jeff Davis, Kerr, Kimble, Loving, Martin, Mason, Menard, Midland, Mitchell, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Reeves, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, Terrell, Tom Green, Upton, Valverde, Ward, and Winkler (38 counties). Population (1920), 230,577. C. B. HUDSPETH, Democrat, of El Paso, Tex., was born at Medina, Bandera County, Tex.; educated in country schools; is a lawyer and stock raiser; served 4 years in the Texas House of Representatives and 12 years in the State senate; also served as district judge at El Paso and served as chairman Democratic Party in Texas and served as president Texas Senate four terms; has wife and two children; was nominated for the Sixty-sixth Congress in the Democratic primary over his one opponent by 1,873 votes, and had no opposition in the general election November 5, 1918; at the November 2, 1920, election was opposed by a Republican, but was reelected by 16,800 majority, carrying all 38 counties in the district. SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Eastland, Jones, Lampasas, Llano, McCulloch, Mills, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Runnels, San Saba, Shackelford, Stephens, and Taylor (19 counties). Population (1920), 314,314. 66 THOMAS LINDSAY BLANTON, Democrat, of Abilene, born October 25, 1872, in Houston; was educated in public schools and State University, from which received LL. B. degree; began practicing law in Cleburne; practiced law in Albany from November, 1897, until November, 1908, when elected judge of forty-second judicial district, holding such position until elected to Congress; never asked for any other office; defeated Hon. J. M. Wagstaff for Taylor County's congressional candidate in preferential primary February 5, 1916; defeated Congressman W. R. Smith and R. N. Grisham in Democratic primary in July, 1916; married May Louise Matthews; children, Thomas L., jr., John Matthews, Anne Louise, Joseph Edwin, and William Watkins; was elected to the Sixty-fifth Congress with following vote: Thomas L. Blanton, 30,050; C. O. Harris, Republican, 2,507; T. B. Holliday, Socialist, 2,826. In the Sixty-fifth Congress represented the old sixteenth, known as the Jumbo district of Texas-59 counties, running east and west 556 miles from Mineral Wells to El Paso; after Texas was redistricted, was nominated in the Democratic primary on July 27, 1918, to represent the new seventeenth district by the following vote: Thomas L. Blanton, 32,034; Oscar Callaway, 3,355; William G. Blackmon, 3,641; Joe Adkins, 9,816, receiving a majority of 15,212 votes over all three opponents; was elected in November, 1918, to serve the seventeenth district in the Sixty-sixth Congress. Having refused to obey the commands of organized labor, and making an uncompromising fight against anarchy and autocratic domination of Government by labor unions, was placed at the head of a black list for defeat by Samuel Gompers and the American Federation of Labor, but in the Democratic primary election on July 24, 1920, defeated his opponent, R. N. Grisham, by a majority of 11,176 votes, and in the general election on November 2, 1920, was reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress by the following vote: Thomas L. Blanton, 23,159; W. D. Cowan, 4,355, leading the State Democratic ticket in his district by 1,518 votes. EIGHTEENTH DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collinsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Gaines, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, Hockley, Hutchinson, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lipscomb, Lubbock, Lynn, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Scurry, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Terry, Wheeler, and Yoakum (53 counties). Population (1920), 257,170. MARVIN JONES, Democrat, was born near Valley View, in Cooke County, Tex., son of Horace K. and Dosia Jones; was graduated from Southwestern University with A. B. degree and from University of Texas with degree of LL. B., having secured his education through his own efforts and in Texas institutions; was appointed to membership on the board of legal examiners for the seventh supreme judicial district of Texas, the youngest man who has held that position in Texas; was chosen as the Texas member of the national Democratic congressional campaign committee in 1917, and again chosen in 1919; enlisted man, Company A, Battalion 308, Tank Corps, United States Army, 1918; was elected to the Sixty-fifth, Sixty-sixth, and Sixtyseventh Congresses. UTAH. (Population (1920), 449,396.) SENATORS. REED SMOOT, Republican, of Provo City, was born January 10, 1862, at Salt Lake City, Utah; was educated at the State University and Brigham Young Academy, being a graduate of the latter institution; is a banker and woolen manufacturer; married September 17, 1884, to Alpha M. Eldredge; was elected to the United States Senate to succeed Joseph L. Rawlins, Democrat, and took his seat March 5, 1903; was reelected by the unanimous Republican vote of the Utah State Legislature for a second term of six years to begin March 4, 1909. Was reelected for a third term by the direct vote of the people. Was reelected November 2, 1920, for a fourth term. WILLIAM H. KING, Democrat, of Salt Lake City, was born in Utah; attended the public schools, the B. Y. Academy, and the State university. Spent nearly three years in Great Britain, and upon returning began the study of law; was graduated from the University of Michigan in 1888, and has followed the practice of law since then; was elected to various State offices, including the Legislature of Utah, in which he served three terms, one term being president of the upper body; served as associate justice of the Supreme Court of Utah, beginning in 1904; was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress by more than 21,000 majority; declined renomination and was candidate for the United States Senate; a deadlock ensued and no one was elected; a vacancy occurring, was elected as Representative to the Fifty-sixth Congress; was unanimous choice of his party for the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congresses, but the State was Republican; nominated by the Democratic legislative caucus in 1905 and 1909 for the United States Senate; has been delegate to various Democratic national conventions; was unanimous choice of his party for Senator, and in November, 1916, was elected by more than 24,000 majority for a term of six years. REPRESENTATIVES. FIRST DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Beaver, Box Elder, Cache, Carbon, Daggett, Duchesne, Emery, Grand, DON B. COLTON, Republican, of Vernal, Utah, was born in Mona, Juab County, Utah, September 15, 1876; removed to Uintah County, Utah, with parents in 1879; was educated in the public schools of Uintah County and the Uintah Academy, at Vernal, Utah; attended the B. Y. University at Provo, Utah, graduating from the commercial department; taught school for four years, the last two of which were as principal of the Uintah Academy, at Vernal; studied law at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, graduating with the class of 1905 with degree of LL. B.; was receiver of the United States land office at Vernal, Utah, from July 1, 1905, to October, 1914; served as a member of the lower house of the Utah Legislature in 1903 and as a member of the Utah State Senate from 1915 to 1919; in addition to practicing law at Vernal, Utah, has engaged in various business enterprises, including ranching and sheep raising, and is president and director of several business institutions; in 1908 married Miss Grace Stringham, and they have four children; elected to the Sixtyseventh Congress November 2, 1920, by 11,000 majority. SECOND DISTRICT.-COUNTIES: Davis, Salt Lake, Tooele, and Utah (4 counties). Population (1920), 219,489. ELMER O. LEATHERWOOD, Republican, of Salt Lake City, Utah; was born September 4, 1872, on a farm in southern Ohio; was educated at the Kansas State Normal School and University of Wisconsin; graduated from the University of Wisconsin with the degree of LL. B. in 1901; was engaged in public-school work from 1894 to 1898; has been engaged in active practice of law in Salt Lake City, Utah, since 1901; was district attorney of the third judicial district in the State of Utah from 1909 to 1916; married Nancy Albaugh December 26, 1896; has one child-Margaret; was elected to the Sixty-seventh Congress November 2, 1920, by a majority of 11,000 over Mathonihah Thomas, the Democratic candidate. Alph List Sta De Se i Sta ti Ser Co Ho C C |