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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaCAMP, Albert Sidney
(1892—1954)
CAMP, Albert Sidney, a Representative from Georgia; born on a farm near Moreland, Coweta County, Ga., July 26, 1892; attended the public schools, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Georgia at Athens in 1915; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice at Newnan, Ga.; during the First World War served overseas as a member of Headquarters Detachment of the Eighty-second Division 1917-1919; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924; member of the State house of representatives 1923-1928; assistant United States attorney for the northern district of Georgia 1934-1939; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Emmett M. Owen; reelected to the Seventy-seventh and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from August 1, 1939, until his death in Bethesda, Md., July 24, 1954; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Newnan, Ga.
United States. 83d Cong., 2d sess., 1954. Memorial services held in the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States, together with remarks presented in eulogy of Albert Sidney Camp, late a Representative from Georgia
. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1955.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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