Herbert Covington Bonner
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's1st district
In office November 5, 1940 – November 7, 1965
Preceded by	Lindsay Carter Warren
Succeeded by	Walter B. Jones Sr.
Personal details
Born	(1891-05-16)May 16, 1891 Washington, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	November 7, 1965(1965-11-07) (aged 74) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic

Herbert Covington Bonner (May 16, 1891 – November 7, 1965) was aDemocraticU.S. Congressman fromNorth Carolina between 1940 and 1965.

Born inWashington, North Carolina, Bonner attended school inWarrenton. He served in theUnited States Army duringWorld War I, and worked as a salesman, a farmer, and then as secretary to CongressmanLindsay Warren from 1924 to 1940.

Upon Warren's resignation from Congress in 1940, Bonner was elected simultaneously to complete the unexpired term, and was elected to the77th Congress for a full term. He served for twelve full terms, from November 5, 1940, until his death from cancer in Washington, D.C., on November 7, 1965. During the79th Congress, he chaired the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress, and in the 84th through 89th Congresses, he chaired the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

Bonner died in office in 1965 inWashington, D.C.; he is buried in Washington, D.C.

A former bridge spanningOregon Inlet on theOuter Banks was named in honor of him and his service to the state of North Carolina. When the bridge was replaced in 2019, 1,000 ft of the Bonner bridge was left to be used a pier and retains the Bonner name.

The M/V Herbert C. Bonner, a 25 car ferry was also named for him. The 112 ft. vessel was built in 1970 for theNorth Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division to crossHatteras Inlet betweenHatteras andOcracoke Islands on the outer banks of North Carolina.^[1] The ferry was taken out of service and sold by NCDOT. The Bonner was purchased by A&R Marine and now operates onNarragansett Bay where it crosses betweenBristol andPrudence Island.^[2]

Bonner was the namesake of the former Herbert C. Bonner Scout Reservation, commonly known as "Camp Bonner", located near Washington, North Carolina. This is now known as the East Carolina Scout Reservation composed of Camp Boddie and the Pamlico Seabase. The portion of the camp on the North side on the Pamlico River still bears the name Camp Bonner and is the regular site of the council camporee for the East Carolina Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

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