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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TexasJohn Vernard DOWDY
(1912-1995)
DOWDY, John Vernard, a
Representative from Texas; born in Waco, McLennan County, Tex.,
February 11, 1912; graduated from high school in Henderson, Tex.,
1928; attended the College of Marshall (now East Texas Baptist
University), 1929-1931; private study of law; court reporter,
1931-1944; lawyer, private practice; district attorney, third
judicial district of Texas, 1945-1952; elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-second Congress by special election to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of United States Representative Tom
Pickett, and reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses (September
23, 1952-January 3, 1973); was not a candidate for reelection to
the Ninety-third Congress in 1972; died on April 12, 1995, in
Athens, Tex.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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