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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—AlabamaCarl Atwood ELLIOTT
(1913-1999)
ELLIOTT, Carl Atwood, a
Representative from Alabama; born in Vina, Franklin County, Ala.,
December 20, 1913; attended the public schools of Franklin County;
was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1933
and from its law school in 1936; was admitted to the bar the same
year and commenced the practice of law in Russellville, Ala.; in
December 1936 moved to Jasper, Ala., and continued the practice of
law; served as judge of Recorders Court, Jasper, Ala., in 1942 and
1946; city attorney at various times for Dora, Parrish, Cordova,
Carbon Hill, and Oakman, Ala.; served with the Seventy-ninth
Division, Three Hundred and Thirteenth Infantry, United States
Army, 1942-1944; member of Alabama State Democratic Executive
Committee 1942-1950; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and
to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3,
1965); chairman, Select Committee on Government Research
(Eighty-eighth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination
in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; member of the bar of the
District of Columbia since 1965; unsuccessful candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Governor of Alabama in 1966; served on
President’s Library Commission 1967-1968; chairman, Public
Evaluation Committee, Office of State Technical Services, United
States Department of Commerce, 1967-1968; member, Commerce
Technical Advisory Board, United States Department of Commerce,
1968-1970; resumed the practice of law until his retirement in
1986; owned and operated an editing and publishing business; was a
resident of Jasper, Ala., until his death there on January 9,
1999.
Bibliography
Elliot, Carl, Sr., and Michael D’Orso. The Cost of
Courage: The Journey of an American Congressman. New York:
Doubleday, 1992.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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