Carl T. Durham

Carl T. Durham (1939)

Carl Thomas Durham (born August 28, 1892 in Bingham , Orange County , North Carolina , †  April 29, 1974 in Chapel Hill , North Carolina) was an American politician . He represented the state of North Carolina as a member of the US House of Representatives .

Career

Carl Durham attended Orange County public schools, the Mandale Private School in Saxapahaw, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He then worked as a pharmacist in this city between 1912 and 1938. During World War I , he was a Pharmaceutical Assistant in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919 .

After the war, he was a member of Chapel Hill City Council from 1924 to 1932; between 1932 and 1938 he served on the Board of Commissioners for Orange County. He was also a member of the Chapel Hill School Board from 1924 to 1938 and was a board member of the University of North Carolina.

politics

Durham was elected a Democrat in the 76th and ten subsequent Congresses. His term of office ran from January 3, 1939 to January 3, 1961. He decided in 1960 not to run for the 87th Congress .

During his tenure in Congress, he was Chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (82nd to 85th Congress). He was also involved in the 1956 constitution of the Southern Manifesto , which spoke out against racial integration in public institutions. Carl Durham retired in 1964 and lived in Chapel Hill until his death on April 29, 1974. He was buried in the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery there.

Web links

• Carl T. Durham in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)