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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | W. Kerr Scott |
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Haw River, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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April 17, 1896
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| Died | April 16, 1958
(61 years)
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | SCOTT, William Kerr, a Senator from North Carolina; born in Haw River, Alamance County, N.C., April 17, 1896; attended the public schools of Hawfields, N.C.; graduated from North Carolina State College at Raleigh in 1917; during the First World War served as a private in the Field Artillery, United States Army, in 1918; farmer and dairyman; Alamance County farm agent 1920-1930; master, North Carolina State Grange 1930-1933; regional director, Farm Debt Adjustment Program of Resettlement Administration 1934-1936
Commissioner of Agriculture (D-NC) 1937-1948. Supported Pres. Truman in the 1948 primaries and general election.
Governor (D-NC) 1949-1953. Was the leader of the moderate wing of the NC Democratic Party
US Senate (D-NC) 11/29/1954 to 4/16/1958
Died in Burlington NC, 4/16/1958; interment in Hawfields Presbyterian Church Cemetery near Mebane, N.C.
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