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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Burr P. Harrison |
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Winchester, Virginia , United States |
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July 02, 1904
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| Died | December 29, 1973
(69 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | born in Winchester, Frederick County, Va., July 2, 1904; attended the public schools, Woodberry Forest School, Virginia Military Institute, Hampden-Sydney College, and the University of Virginia; was graduated from Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C., in 1926; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Winchester, Va.; attorney for Frederick County 1932-1940; served in State senate 1940-1942; judge of the seventeenth judicial circuit and the corporation court of Winchester 1942-1946; elected on November 5, 1946, as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress, in a special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of A. Willis Robertson and at the same time was elected to the Eightieth Congress; reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from November 6, 1946, to January 3, 1963; was not a candidate for renomination in 1962 to the Eighty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of law; resided in Winchester, Va., until his death there December 29, 1973; interment in Mount Hebron Cemetery
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