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  Elliott, Carl A.
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NameCarl A. Elliott
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Jasper, Alabama , United States
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Born December 20, 1913
DiedJanuary 09, 1999 (85 years)
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Info born in Vina, Franklin County, Ala., December 20, 1913; attended the public schools of Franklin County; was graduated from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa in 1933 and from its law school in 1936; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced the practice of law in Russellville, Ala.; in December 1936 moved to Jasper, Ala., and continued the practice of law; served as judge of Recorders Court, Jasper, Ala., in 1942 and 1946; city attorney at various times for Dora, Parrish, Cordova, Carbon Hill, and Oakman, Ala.; served with the Seventy-ninth Division, Three Hundred and Thirteenth Infantry, United States Army, 1942-1944; member of Alabama State Democratic Executive Committee 1942-1950; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1965); chairman, Select Committee on Government Research (Eighty-eighth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; member of the bar of the District of Columbia since 1965; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Alabama in 1966; served on President�s Library Commission 1967-1968; chairman, Public Evaluation Committee, Office of State Technical Services, United States Department of Commerce, 1967-1968; member, Commerce Technical Advisory Board, United States Department of Commerce, 1968-1970; resumed the practice of law until his retirement in 1986; owned and operated an editing and publishing business; was a resident of Jasper, Ala., until his death there on January 9, 1999.





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  05/03/1966 AL Governor - D Primary Lost 8.10% (-46.00%)
  06/02/1964 AL At-Large - D Runoff Lost 9.58% (-2.33%)
  05/05/1964 AL District 7 - D Primary Won 62.36% (+24.71%)
  11/06/1962 AL At-Large Won 9.58% (-1.44%)
  11/06/1962 US Rep. from Alabama Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/29/1962 AL At-Large - D Runoff Won 11.14% (-0.57%)
  11/08/1960 AL District 7 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1958 AL - District 7 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/05/1956 AL - District 7 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/1954 AL - District 7 Won 78.91% (+57.83%)
  11/04/1952 AL - District 7 Won 72.55% (+45.10%)
  11/07/1950 AL - District 7 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/1948 AL - District 7 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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