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  Downing, Thomas N.
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NameThomas N. Downing
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Newport News, Virginia , United States
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Born February 01, 1919
DiedOctober 23, 2001 (82 years)
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InfoThomas Nelms Downing

born in Newport News, York County, Va., February 1, 1919; attended Newport News High School, Newport News, Va.; graduated from Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va., 1940; graduated from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va, 1948; lawyer, private practice; United States Army, 1942-1946; substitute judge of the municipal court of Warwick, Va.; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-sixth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1959-January 3, 1977); chairman, Select Committee on Assassinations (Ninety-fourth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-fifth Congress in 1976; died on October 23, 2001, in Newport News, Va.; interment in Peninsula Memorial Park Cemetery, Newport News, Va.


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  11/05/1974 VA District 1 Won 99.77% (+99.53%)
  11/07/1972 VA District 1 Won 78.09% (+56.18%)
  11/03/1970 VA District 1 Won 99.95% (+99.89%)
  11/05/1968 VA District 1 Won 72.94% (+58.37%)
  11/08/1966 VA District 1 Won 99.77% (+99.54%)
  11/03/1964 VA District 1 Won 78.71% (+57.42%)
  11/06/1962 VA District 1 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1960 VA District 1 Won 82.42% (+64.87%)
  11/04/1958 VA District 1 Won 99.94% (+99.88%)
  07/15/1958 VA District 1 - D Primary Won 69.74% (+39.49%)
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VA Governor - Nov 06, 1973 R Mills E. Godwin, Jr.