Carl T. Durham | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's6th district | |
| In office January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1961 | |
| Preceded by | William B. Umstead |
| Succeeded by | Horace R. Kornegay |
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| Born | Carl Thomas Durham (1892-08-28)August 28, 1892 |
| Died | April 29, 1974(1974-04-29) (aged 81) Durham, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Occupation | pharmacist |
Carl Thomas Durham (August 28, 1892 – April 29, 1974) was an American politician who served as a member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina.
Born inOrange County, North Carolina, Durham attended theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He was a pharmacist from 1912 to 1938. He served as a pharmacist's mate in theUnited States Navy from 1917 to 1918. He served as a member of the city council ofChapel Hill, North Carolina from 1924 to 1932, and of the Orange County Board of Commissioners 1932 to 1938. He served as a member of the school board of Chapel Hill, North Carolina from 1924 to 1938. He was also a trustee of theUniversity of North Carolina.
Durham was elected as aDemocrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1961). He served as chairman of theJoint Committee on Atomic Energy, during which time he was a signatory to the 1956Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court inBrown v. Board of Education. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress. In 1964, retired and resided inChapel Hill, North Carolina.
He died inDurham, North Carolina, April 29, 1974.He was interred in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery,Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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