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David Dickson Terry | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromArkansas's5th district | |
| In office December 19, 1933 – January 3, 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Henderson M. Jacoway |
| Succeeded by | Brooks Hays |
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| Born | (1881-01-31)January 31, 1881 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | October 6, 1963(1963-10-06) (aged 82) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Holly Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
David Dickson Terry (January 31, 1881 – October 6, 1963) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as aU.S. Representative fromArkansas from 1933 to 1943. He was the son ofWilliam Leake Terry.
Born inLittle Rock, Arkansas, Terry attended public schools, along with theBethel Military Academy inFauquier County, Virginia and theUniversity of Virginia atCharlottesville. He graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Arkansas atFayetteville in 1903. Later, he also attended theUniversity of Chicago inChicago, Illinois. After he wasadmitted to the bar in 1903, Terry commenced practice in Little Rock.
During theFirst World War, Terry enlisted on June 5, 1918 and was later commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry. He was discharged on December 20, 1918.
From 1929 to 1933, Terry served as a member of the Little Rock School Board.
He was elected to the State House of Representatives in 1933.
Terry was elected as aDemocrat to theSeventy-third Congress to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation ofHeartsill Ragon. Terry was reelected to theSeventy-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses, where he served from December 19, 1933 to January 3, 1943. He did not run for reelection in 1942, in order to run for theUnited States Senate. His run was unsuccessful, and he returned to the practice of law.
He unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1944, and placed third.
Terry served as director of the Division of Flood Control Water and Soil Conservation of the Arkansas Resources and Development Commission from 1945 until 1953.
Terry died in Little Rock on October 6, 1963. He was interred in Mount Holly Cemetery. Named in his honor, theLittle Rock School District opened Terry Ełementary School in 1964.[1]
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