Biography
A Representative from Kentucky. Born in Washington, D. C. , November 29, 1913. Attended various Lexington schools, Massie Preparatory, Versailles, Ky. , Tome Preparatory, Port Deposit, Md. A. B. , University of Kentucky, 1937. LL. B. , same university, 1939. Admitted to the Kentucky Bar in 1940 and commenced practice in Lexington. Special attorney, Anti-Trust Division, United States Department of Justice, 1940-1941. Served in United States Army, 1941-1946, and attained rank of lieutenant colonel. Private law practice, 1946-1972. Member, Kentucky house of representatives, 1956-1960. Attorney general of Kentucky, 1960-1964 and 1968-1972. Corporation counsel, city of Lexington, 1964. Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law, 1960-1964. Delegate to Democratic National Convention, 1960. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1973-January 3, 1979). Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1978 to the Ninety-sixth Congress. Resumed the practice of law in Lexington, Ky. , where he died July 29, 1979. Cremated. Ashes interred at Lexington Cemetery.
