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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriGeorge Hamilton COMBS, Jr.
(1899-1977)
COMBS, George Hamilton,
Jr., a Representative from Missouri; born in Kansas City,
Mo., May 2, 1899; attended the Kansas City public schools, the
University of Missouri at Columbia, and the University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor; served in the United States Navy in 1918; was
graduated from the Kansas City School of Law in 1921; was admitted
to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Kansas City,
Mo.; assistant prosecuting attorney of Jackson County, Mo.,
1922-1924; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1924 to the
Sixty-ninth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth
Congress (March 4, 1927-March 3, 1929); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1928; delegate to the Democratic National
Convention in 1928; moved to New York City in 1929 and continued
the practice of law; special assistant to the attorney general of
the State of New York in 1931; attorney for the Triborough Bridge
Authority in 1933 and 1934; associate counsel to the New York State
Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Public Utilities
1934-1936; appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as New York
State director of the National Emergency Council in 1936; radio
news analyst, war correspondent, and writer 1937-1951; special
United States attorney, Office of Price Stabilization for southern
district of New York, in 1951 and 1952; television and radio news
commentator 1952-1961; chief United Nations correspondent and news
commentator for Mutual Broadcasting System, 1961-1971; died in West
Palm Beach, Fla., November 29, 1977.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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