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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—AlabamaZadoc Lorenzo WEATHERFORD
(1888-1983)
WEATHERFORD, Zadoc
Lorenzo, a Representative from Alabama; born on a farm in
Marion County, Ala., near Vina, Franklin County, February 4, 1888;
attended the public schools; was graduated from the medical
department of the University of Tennessee at Memphis, M.D., 1914;
served as an intern in St. Joseph Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.,
1914-1916; moved to Red Bay, Ala., in 1916 and commenced general
medical practice; during the First World War served from August 26,
1917, as battalion surgeon in the Three Hundred and Twenty-sixth
Infantry and was discharged on October 6, 1920; awarded the Purple
Heart Medal; was subdistrict medical officer, United States
Veterans’ Bureau, Montgomery, Ala., 1922-1924; resumed
medical practice in Red Bay, Ala.; also interested in banking and
agricultural pursuits, with farming interests in both Alabama and
Mississippi; served in the State senate from 1939 until elected to
Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of William B. Bankhead and
served from November 5, 1940, to January 3, 1941; was not a
candidate for the full term; resumed his medical profession,
retiring from active practice January 1, 1958; mayor of Red Bay,
Ala., 1945-1948; vice chairman Franklin County Democratic
Committee, 1933-1937; president of the Bank of Red Bay, 1938-1970;
was a resident of Red Bay, Ala., until his death on May 21,
1983.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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