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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaWinfield Kirkpatrick DENTON
(1896-1971)
DENTON, Winfield
Kirkpatrick, (son of George Kirkpatrick Denton), a
Representative from Indiana; born in Evansville, Vanderburgh
County, Ind., October 28, 1896; attended the public schools;
attended De Pauw University, Greencastle, Ind.; A.B., De Pauw
University, 1919; J.D., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1922;
United States Army Air Corps, First World War, 1919; United States
Army, Second World War, 1942-1945; lawyer, private practice;
prosecuting attorney, Vanderburgh County, Ind., 1932-1936; member
of the Indiana state legislature, 1937-1942, and as minority
leader, 1941; member of the Indiana state budget committee,
1940-1942; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the
succeeding Congress (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection to the Eighty-third Congress in 1952;
delegate to each Democratic National Convention, 1952 to 1964;
elected to the Eighty-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses
and served until his resignation on December 30, 1966 (January 3,
1955-December 30, 1966); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to
the Ninetieth Congress in 1966; died on November 2, 1971, in
Evansville, Ind.; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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