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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OklahomaPreston Elmer PEDEN
(1914-1985)
PEDEN, Preston Elmer, a
Representative from Oklahoma; born in Duke, Jackson County, Okla.,
June 28, 1914; moved to Altus, Okla., in 1920; attended the public
schools; University of Oklahoma at Norman, A.B., 1936, and from the
law school of the same university, LL.B., 1939; was admitted to the
bar in 1939 and commenced practice in Altus, Okla.; attorney for
the State insurance fund of the State of Oklahoma 1939-1942;
enlisted in June 1942 as a private in the United States Army;
promoted through the ranks to captain, being discharged May 5,
1946; awarded Bronze Star; while serving overseas sent a
notification and declaration for the office of Congressman to the
election board and subsequently received the nomination; elected as
a Democrat to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3,
1949); was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1948;
staff member of the Public Lands Committee of the United States
House of Representatives in May 1949; appointed Alaskan regional
counsel, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, in
1950; counsel to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
1950-1952; director of governmental affairs of the Chicago
Association of Commerce and Industry, 1954-1980; was a resident of
La Grange, Ill.; moved to Walnut Creek, Calif., and lived there
until his death on June 27, 1985.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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