Harold D. Cooley | |
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| Chair of theHouse Agriculture Committee | |
| In office January 3, 1955 – December 30, 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Clifford R. Hope |
| Succeeded by | William R. Poage |
| In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Clifford R. Hope |
| Succeeded by | Clifford R. Hope |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's4th district | |
| In office July 7, 1934 – December 30, 1966 | |
| Preceded by | Edward W. Pou |
| Succeeded by | Jim Gardner |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1897-07-26)July 26, 1897 |
| Died | January 15, 1974(1974-01-15) (aged 76) Wilson, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina,Yale University Law School |
| Occupation | lawyer |
Harold Dunbar Cooley (July 26, 1897 – January 15, 1974) was an Americanpolitician of theDemocratic Party. He represented theFourth Congressional district ofNorth Carolina from 1934 to 1966.
He was born on July 26, 1897, inNashville, North Carolina. He was a graduate of theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill andYale University Law School.
He was a private practice lawyer and military veteran, serving in the United States Naval Aviation Flying Corps duringWorld War I. He was a member of the Interparliamentary Conferences held at Cairo, Egypt, 1947 and at Rome, Italy, 1948 and served as president of the American group for two four-year terms.[1]
On July 7, 1934, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States RepresentativeEdward W. Pou. He was subsequently reelected 16 times, serving until his resignation on December 30, 1966. Cooley remains the longest-serving Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture in history. In 1947-8, he served on theHerter Committee.[2] He was one of the few Southern Congressmen not to sign the 1956Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court inBrown v. Board of Education. However, Cooley voted against theCivil Rights Act of 1957,[3] the original version of theCivil Rights Act of 1960 (while abstaining on the final version),[4][5] theCivil Rights Act of 1964,[6][7] the24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,[8] and theVoting Rights Act of 1965.[9][10]
He was nearly defeated in 1964 by RepublicanJames Carson Gardner and then lost to Gardner by a stunning 13-point upset in 1966.[11]
He died on January 15, 1974, in Wilson, N.C. and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Nashville, N.C.
His home at Nashville, theBissette-Cooley House, was listed on theNational Register of Historic Places in 1985.[12]
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's 4th congressional district 1934–1966 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee 1955–1966 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee 1949–1953 | Succeeded by |
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