Difference between revisions of "Carl Bert Albert"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
(New ordinary entry) |
(Bold, removed category where sub-category exists, link, default sort, form (major)) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | + | '''Carl Bert Albert''' (cousin of Charles Wesley Vursell), a Representative from [[Oklahoma]]; born in North McAlester, Pittsburg County, Okla., May 10, 1908 | |
| + | |||
| + | * Graduated from McAlester High School, McAlester, Okla., 1927 | ||
| + | * Graduated from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., 1931 | ||
| + | * [[Rhodes Scholarship]] from [[Oxford University]], Oxford, England, 1934 | ||
| + | * [[lawyer]], private practice | ||
| + | * United States [[Army]], 1941-1946; awarded the [[Bronze Star]] | ||
| + | * Delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1968 | ||
| + | * Elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1977) | ||
| + | * Majority whip (Eighty-fourth through Eighty-seventh Congresses) | ||
| + | * Majority leader (Eighty-seventh through Ninety-first Congresses) | ||
| + | * [[Speaker of the House of Representatives]] (Ninety-second through Ninety-fourth Congresses) | ||
| + | * Not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976 | ||
| + | * Died on February 4, 2000, in McAlester, Okla. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
*http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp | *http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp | ||
| − | + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Albert, Carl Bert}} | |
| − | [[Category: | + | |
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:United States Congress]] |
| + | [[Category:Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] | ||
Revision as of 23:11, November 13, 2007
Carl Bert Albert (cousin of Charles Wesley Vursell), a Representative from Oklahoma; born in North McAlester, Pittsburg County, Okla., May 10, 1908
- Graduated from McAlester High School, McAlester, Okla., 1927
- Graduated from the University of Oklahoma, Norman, Okla., 1931
- Rhodes Scholarship from Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1934
- lawyer, private practice
- United States Army, 1941-1946; awarded the Bronze Star
- Delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1968
- Elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947-January 3, 1977)
- Majority whip (Eighty-fourth through Eighty-seventh Congresses)
- Majority leader (Eighty-seventh through Ninety-first Congresses)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives (Ninety-second through Ninety-fourth Congresses)
- Not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976
- Died on February 4, 2000, in McAlester, Okla.