Dan H. Kuykendall

A Representative from Tennessee. Born in Cherokee, San Saba County, Tex. , July 9, 1924. Attended public schools at Cherokee, Tex. B. S. , Texas A. &. M. University, 1947. Served as lieutenant, pilot in the United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1945. Joined Procter &. Gamble Co. , in 1947 and worked in Corpus Christi and Houston, Tex. , and Memphis, Tenn. Co-chairman, Shelby County Republican Party, 1963-1964. Member of the board of directors of the charter group drafting new charter for city of Memphis in 1965-1966. Republican nominee for the United States Senate from Tenneessee in 1964. Elected as a Republican to the Ninetieth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1967-January 3, 1975). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress. Died on June, 12, 2008, in Memphis, Tenn. Interment at Kuykendall Cemetery, Cherokee, Tex.