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  Dowdy, John V.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
  1971-01-01  
 
NameJohn V. Dowdy
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Athens, Texas , United States
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Born February 11, 1912
DiedApril 12, 1995 (83 years)
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Feb 24, 2024 04:48pm
Tags Married - Methodist -
Infoborn in Waco, McLennan County, Tex., February 11, 1912; graduated from high school in Henderson, Tex., 1928; attended the College of Marshall (now East Texas Baptist University), 1929-1931; private study of law; court reporter, 1931-1944; lawyer, private practice; district attorney, third judicial district of Texas, 1945-1952; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Tom Pickett, and reelected to the ten succeeding Congresses (September 23, 1952-January 3, 1973); was not a candidate for reelection to the Ninety-third Congress in 1972; died on April 12, 1995, in Athens, Tex.


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Wife Johnnie Dena "Mrs. John" Dowdy 00, 0000-May 19, 1992

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RACES
  11/03/1970 TX District 2 Won 75.51% (+58.31%)
  11/05/1968 TX District 2 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/04/1968 TX District 2 - D Primary Won 61.68% (+23.35%)
  11/08/1966 TX District 2 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/07/1966 TX District 2 - D Primary Won 51.87% (+3.73%)
  11/03/1964 TX District 7 Won 83.64% (+67.28%)
  05/02/1964 TX District 7 - D Primary Won 56.75% (+13.50%)
  11/06/1962 TX District 7 Won 88.21% (+76.43%)
  05/05/1962 TX District 7 - D Primary Won 50.03% (+0.07%)
  11/08/1960 TX District 7 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  05/07/1960 TX District 7 - D Primary Won 53.72% (+7.44%)
  11/04/1958 TX District 7 Won 96.72% (+93.44%)
  07/26/1958 TX District 7 - D Primary Won 69.56% (+39.12%)
  11/06/1956 TX District 7 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  07/28/1956 TX District 7 - D Primary Won 65.74% (+31.47%)
  11/02/1954 TX District 7 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/04/1952 TX District 7 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  09/23/1952 TX District 7 - Special Election Won 88.51% (+81.54%)
  08/23/1952 TX District 7 - D Runoff Won 57.72% (+15.44%)
  07/26/1952 TX District 7 - D Primary Won 28.78% (+7.26%)
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