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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaFred Sampson PURNELL
(1882-1939)
PURNELL, Fred Sampson, a
Representative from Indiana; born on a farm near Veedersburg,
Fountain County, Ind., October 25, 1882; attended the common
schools and the high school at Veedersburg; was graduated from the
law department of Indiana University at Bloomington in 1904; was
admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Attica,
Fountain County, Ind.; city attorney of Attica 1910-1914; resumed
the practice of his profession; unsuccessful candidate for election
in 1914 to the Sixty-fourth Congress; elected as a Republican to
the Sixty-fifth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1917-March 3, 1933); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1932
to the Seventy-third Congress and for election in 1934 to the
Seventy-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Attica,
Ind.; moved to Washington, D.C., in April 1939 and served as an
attorney in the General Accounting Office until his resignation on
October 1, 1939; died in Washington, D.C., October 21, 1939;
interment in Rockfield Cemetery, near Veedersburg, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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