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  Gentry, Brady P.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
  1953-01-01  
 
NameBrady P. Gentry
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Tyler, Texas , United States
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Born March 25, 1896
DiedNovember 09, 1966 (70 years)
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
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Dec 21, 2014 02:18am
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Info a Representative from Texas; born in Colfax, Van Zandt County, Tex., March 25, 1896; attended the public schools and East Texas State College, Commerce, Tex.; graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and began practice in Tyler, Tex.; enlisted in the United States Army in 1918; served in Europe and rose to the rank of captain of Infantry; county attorney of Smith County 1921-1924; county judge of Smith County 1931-1939; chairman of the Texas State Highway Commission 1939-1945; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Congresses (January 3, 1953-January 3, 1957); was not a candidate for renomination in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Houston, Tex., November 9, 1966; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Tex.


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  11/02/1954 TX District 3 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  07/24/1954 TX District 3 - D Primary Won 51.06% (+2.13%)
  11/04/1952 TX District 3 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/23/1952 TX District 3 - D Runoff Won 80.28% (+60.56%)
  07/26/1952 TX District 3 - D Primary Won 49.97% (+35.06%)
  08/27/1938 TX District 3 - D Runoff Lost 47.17% (-5.66%)
  07/23/1938 TX District 3 - D Primary Won 23.71% (+0.00%)
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