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  Mankin, Helen Douglas
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NameHelen Douglas Mankin
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Atlanta, Georgia , United States
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Born September 11, 1896
DiedJuly 25, 1956 (59 years)
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Info; born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., on September 11, 1896; attended public and private schools; A.B., Rockford College, Rockford, Ill., 1917; LL.B., Atlanta Law School, Atlanta, Ga., 1920; lawyer, private practice; during the First World War was an ambulance driver in a unit attached to the French Army in 1918 and 1919; member of the general assembly of Georgia, 1937-1946; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Robert Ramspeck (February 12, 1946-January 3, 1947); unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Eightieth Congress in 1946; unsuccessful write-in candidate to the general election for the Eightieth Congress; died on July 25, 1956, in Atlanta, Ga.; remains were cremated.


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  09/08/1948 GA District 5 - D Primary Lost 38.06% (-16.85%)
  11/05/1946 GA District 5 Lost 38.28% (-23.36%)
  07/17/1946 GA District 5 - D Primary Lost 51.54% (+10.25%)
  02/12/1946 GA District 5 - Special Election Won 36.17% (+2.59%)
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