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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Henry De La Warr Flood |
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, Virginia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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September 02, 1865
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| Died | December 08, 1921
(56 years)
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | FLOOD, Henry De La Warr, (brother of Joel West Flood and uncle of Harry Flood Byrd), a Representative from Virginia; born in “Eldon,” Appomattox County, Va., September 2, 1865; attended the public schools of Appomattox and Richmond, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1886 and commenced practice in Appomattox, Va.; member of the Virginia state house of delegates, 1887-1891; member of the Virginia state senate, 1891-1903; elected prosecuting attorney for Appomattox County, 1891, 1895, and 1899; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Fifty-fifth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and to the ten succeeding Congresses and served until his death (March 4, 1901-December 8, 1921); chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Territories (Sixty-second Congress); author of the resolutions declaring a state of war to exist between the United States and the Imperial German Government and with the Imperial Austro-Hungarian Government; died on December 8, 1921, in Washington, D.C.; interment in a mausoleum on the courthouse green at Appomattox, Va.
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