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  Hancock Jr., Franklin W.
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NameFranklin W. Hancock Jr.
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Oxford, North Carolina , United States
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Born November 01, 1894
DiedJanuary 23, 1969 (74 years)
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Dec 23, 2014 07:54pm
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Infoa Representative from North Carolina; born in Oxford, Granville County, N.C., November 1, 1894; attended the public schools, Horner Military Academy, Oxford, N.C., and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1916 and commenced practice in Oxford, N.C.; also interested in insurance and real estate; during the First World War attended officers� training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; chairman of the Granville County Democratic Executive committee in 1924; served in the State senate 1926-1928; member of the State house of representatives 1928-1930; trustee of the Colored Orphanage of North Carolina at Oxford 1920-1937; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1940; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-first Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles M. Stedman and on the same day was elected to the Seventy-second Congress; reelected to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses and served from November 4, 1930, to January 3, 1939; did not seek renomination, but was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator in 1938; member of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board from January 4, 1939, to April 24, 1942; appointed special representative of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and served until June 1943; administrator of the Farm Security Administration from November 1943 to November 1945; president of the Commodity Credit Corporation from December 1944 to August 1945; resumed the general practice of law at Oxford, N.C.; elected judge of Granville County Recorder�s Court, 1950 and 1952; died in Oxford, N.C., January 23, 1969; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.

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  06/04/1938 NC US Senate - D Primary Lost 38.47% (-23.06%)
  11/03/1936 NC District 05 Won 73.29% (+46.59%)
  06/06/1936 NC District 05 - D Primary Won 70.59% (+41.18%)
  11/06/1934 NC - District 05 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  06/02/1934 NC - District 05 - D Primary Won 75.48% (+50.96%)
  11/08/1932 NC - District 05 Won 70.21% (+40.41%)
  11/04/1930 NC - District 05 Won 61.31% (+22.61%)
  11/04/1930 NC - District 05 - Special Election Won 61.50% (+23.01%)
  05/25/1930 NC - District 05 - D Primary Won 60.20% (+20.41%)
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