V. Lamar Gudger

V. Lamar Gudger (1977)

Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. (born April 30, 1919 in Asheville , North Carolina , †  August 2, 2004 there ) was an American politician . Between 1977 and 1981 he represented the state of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lamar Gudger attended the public schools in his hometown Asheville and then studied law until 1942 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, among other things. After his admission to the bar, he began working in this profession in Asheville. This activity he interrupted to between 1942 and 1945 as a soldier in the Air Corps US Army in World War II to participate. After the war, Gudger began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1951 and 1952 . From 1952 to 1954 he served as a prosecutor in the 19th judicial district of his state. Between 1971 and 1977 he was a member of the North Carolina Senate .

In the 1976 congressional elections , Gudger was elected to the Eleventh constituency of North Carolina in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Roy A. Taylor on January 3, 1977 . After a re-election, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1981 . In 1980 he was defeated by Republican Bill Hendon . From 1984 to 1989, Lamar Gudger was a judge in Buncombe County . He died on August 2, 2004 in his hometown of Asheville and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , Virginia .

Web links

• V. Lamar Gudger in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• V. Lamar Gudger in the database of Find a Grave (English)