“Brady P. Gentry”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

词条

Brady P. Gentry

释义

Sources

Brady Preston Gentry (March 25, 1896 – November 9, 1966) was a U.S. Representative from Texas.

Born in Colfax, Texas, Gentry attended the public schools and East Texas State College, Commerce, Texas.^[1] He graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and began practice in Tyler, Texas. In 1918, Gentry enlisted in the United States Army; he served in Europe and rose to the rank of captain of Infantry. Gentry was the county attorney of Smith County 1921–1924 and the county judge of Smith County 1931–1939. He served as chairman of the Texas State Highway Commission 1939–1945.

Gentry was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and Eighty-fourth Congresses (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress. After leaving Congress, Gentry resumed the practice of law.

He was one of the majority of the Texan delegation to decline to sign the 1956 Southern Manifesto opposing the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education.

He died in Houston, Texas, November 9, 1966. He was interred in Rose Hill Cemetery, Tyler, Texas.

Sources

1. ^{{cite book|last1=Onofrio|first1=Jan|title=Texas Biographical Dictionary|date=2001|publisher=Somerset Publishers|isbn=0403099927|page=218|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fh9kC4lCZxgC|accessdate=August 21, 2016}}

{{CongBio|G000124}}{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox |state= Texas |district= 3 |before= Lindley Beckworth |after= Lindley Beckworth |years= 1953–1957}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Gentry, Brady Preston}}

随便看

开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。