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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—Oklahoma / USCarl Bert ALBERT
(1908-2000)
ALBERT, Carl Bert, (cousin
of Charles Wesley Vursell), a Representative from Oklahoma; born in
North McAlester, Pittsburg County, Okla., May 10, 1908; graduated
from McAlester High School, McAlester, Okla., 1927; graduated from
the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., 1931, and (having been
awarded a Rhodes Scholarship) from Oxford University, Oxford,
England, 1934; lawyer, private practice; United States Army,
1941-1946; awarded the Bronze Star; delegate, Democratic National
Conventions, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1968; elected as a Democrat to
the Eightieth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1947-January 3, 1977); majority whip (Eighty-fourth through
Eighty-seventh Congresses), majority leader (Eighty-seventh through
Ninety-first Congresses), Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Ninety-second through Ninety-fourth Congresses); was not a
candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; died
on February 4, 2000, in McAlester, Okla.
Bibliography
Albert, Carl, and Danney Goble. Little Giant: The Life and Times
of Speaker Carl Albert. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press,
1990.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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