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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—North CarolinaHerbert Covington BONNER
(1891-1965)
BONNER, Herbert Covington,
a Representative from North Carolina; born in Washington, Beaufort
County, N.C., May 16, 1891; graduated from Graham School,
Warrenton, N.C.; United States Army during World War I; salesman;
farmer; secretary to United States Representative Lindsay C.
Warren, 1924-1940; elected simultaneously as a Democrat to the
Seventy-sixth and Seventy-seventh Congresses to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of United States Representative Lindsay
C. Warren; reelected to the Seventy-eighth and to the eleven
succeeding Congresses (November 5, 1940-November 7, 1965); chair,
Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and
Representatives in Congress (Seventy-ninth Congress); chair,
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Eighty-fourth through
Eighty-ninth Congresses); died on November 7, 1965, in Washington,
D.C.; interment in Oakdale Cemetery, Washington, N.C.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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