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  Chenoweth, J. Edgar
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NameJ. Edgar Chenoweth
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Trinidad, Colorado , United States
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Born August 17, 1897
DiedJanuary 02, 1986 (88 years)
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InfoCHENOWETH, John Edgar, a Representative from Colorado; born in Trinidad, Las Animas County, Colo., August 17, 1897; attended the public and high schools, and the University of Colorado at Boulder; engaged in railroading and in the mercantile business 1916-1925; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1925 and commenced practice in Trinidad in 1926; assistant district attorney for the third judicial district 1929-1933; county judge of Las Animas County, Colo., 1933-1941; member, Advisory Board of Colorado Women's College, now Temple Buell; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1941-January 3, 1949); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the Eighty-first Congress; elected to the Eighty-second and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1965); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; resumed the practice of law; was a resident of Trinidad, Colo., until his death there January 2, 1986; interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

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  09/13/1966 CO District 3 - R Primary Lost 43.75% (-12.50%)
  11/03/1964 CO District 3 Lost 48.84% (-2.31%)
  11/06/1962 CO District 3 Won 54.66% (+9.31%)
  11/08/1960 CO District 3 Won 52.05% (+4.10%)
  11/04/1958 CO District 3 Won 50.21% (+0.43%)
  11/06/1956 CO District 3 Won 50.24% (+0.47%)
  11/02/1954 CO District 3 Won 53.01% (+6.01%)
  11/04/1952 CO District 3 Won 57.74% (+15.48%)
  11/07/1950 CO District 3 Won 51.63% (+3.27%)
  11/02/1948 CO District 3 Lost 49.30% (-1.40%)
  11/05/1946 CO District 3 Won 54.57% (+9.14%)
  11/07/1944 CO District 3 Won 56.32% (+12.63%)
  11/03/1942 CO District 3 Won 62.74% (+25.49%)
  11/05/1940 CO District 3 Won 52.05% (+4.09%)
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