Perkins bass

Perkins bass

Perkins Bass (born October 6, 1912 in East Walpole , Norfolk County , Massachusetts , † October 25, 2011 in Peterborough , New Hampshire ) was an American politician . Between 1955 and 1963 he represented the state of New Hampshire in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Perkins Bass was the son of Governor Robert P. Bass . After primary school, he attended Dartmouth College in Hanover (New Hampshire) until 1934 . After a subsequent law degree at Harvard University and his admission as a lawyer in 1938, he began to practice in Manchester in his new profession. In 1941 and 1942 he was assistant to Judge Woodbury on the New Hampshire First Court of Appeals. During the Second World War he was deployed in the US Army's air squadron in the Chinese region. There he made it to major. He was later honored by the Chinese national government for his military service.

After the war he worked as a lawyer in Manchester and Peterborough . Bass joined the Republican Party and was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives between 1939 and 1951 . Between 1949 and 1951 he was also a member of the State Senate . From 1948 to 1984 he was a board member of East Walpole-based Bird & Son, Inc.

In 1954, Bass was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of New Hampshire , where he succeeded Norris Cotton on January 3, 1955 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four consecutive terms in Congress by January 3, 1963 . The Cuban Missile Crisis fell during this time . In 1962, Bass renounced another candidacy for the US House of Representatives. Instead, he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate . Between 1964 and 1968 he was a member of the Republican National Committee .

Most recently, Perkins Bass lived in Peterborough. Most recently he was the oldest living member of the House of Representatives. His son Charles , born in 1952, sat in the US House of Representatives for the State of New Hampshire between 1995 and 2007 and again since 2011.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Boston Herald: Former NH Congressman Perkins Bass dies at 99 (October 26, 2011)

Web links

• Perkins Bass in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)