 |
History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaJohn Leonard PILCHER
(1898-1981)
PILCHER, John Leonard, a
Representative from Georgia; born on a farm near Meigs, Thomas
County, Ga., August 27, 1898; attended the public schools; engaged
in agricultural pursuits for thirty-five years; also operated
general mercantile business, cotton gin, warehouses, fertilizer
manufacturing plant, and syrup canning plant; mayor and councilman
of Meigs, Ga.; member of the board of education and a county
commissioner; member of the State house of representatives; member
of the State senate 1940-1944; State purchasing agent in 1948 and
1949; delegate, each State and National Democratic Convention for
thirty years; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third Congress to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of E.E. Cox; reelected to the
Eighty-fourth and the four succeeding Congresses and served from
February 4, 1953, to January 3, 1965; was not a candidate for
renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; resided in
Meigs, Ga., where he died August 20, 1981; interment in Meigs
Sunset Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
Related Links
|
24 X 7
Private Tutor
|
24 x 7 Tutor Availability |
|
|
Unlimited Online Tutoring |
|
|
1-on-1 Tutoring |
|
