Alonzo Dillard Folger

Alonzo Dillard Folger (1940)

Alonzo Dillard Folger (born July 9, 1888 in Dobson , Surry County , North Carolina , †  April 30, 1941 in Mount Airy , North Carolina) was an American politician . Between 1939 and 1941 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Alonzo Folger attended the public schools of his home country and then studied until 1912 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . After a subsequent law degree at this university and his admission as a lawyer in 1914, he began to work in Dobson in this profession. He later moved his residence and law firm to Mount Airy. He also worked in the banking industry. Between 1932 and 1938 he was the curator of the University of North Carolina. In 1937, he served as a judge in the State Superior Court for two months .

Folger was a member of the Democratic Party . From 1936 to 1941 he was a member of the Democratic National Committee . In the 1938 congressional elections , he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of North Carolina , where he succeeded Franklin Wills Hancock on January 3, 1939 . After being re-elected, he could remain in Congress until his death on April 30, 1941 . The last New Deal laws were passed there.

Alonzo Folger died in a car accident in his home town of Mount Airy. In a by-election, his older brother John was elected to succeed him in Congress.

Web links

• Alonzo Dillard Folger in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Alonzo Dillard follower in the database of Find a Grave (English)