| 词条 | Richard Thurmond Chatham |
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| name = Richard Thurmond Chatham | image name = Richard Thurmond Chatham.jpg | state = North Carolina | district = 5th | term_start = January 3, 1949 | term_end = January 3, 1957 | preceded = John Hamlin Folger | succeeded = Ralph James Scott | party = Democratic | birth_date = {{birth date|1896|08|16}} | birth_place = Elkin, North Carolina | death_date = {{death date and age|1957|02|05|1896|08|16}} | death_place = Durham, North Carolina | spouse = Lucy Hodgin Hanes, Patricia Firestone | children = 3 | religion = | occupation = | residence = | alma_mater = }} Richard Thurmond Chatham (August 16, 1896 – February 5, 1957), who usually went by Thurmond Chatham, was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, an industrialist and philanthropist. He represented North Carolina from 1949 to 1957. Early yearsBorn in Elkin, North Carolina, Chatham was the only son of Hugh Gwyn and Martha Lenoir Chatham. His grandfather was Alexander Chatham, founder of Chatham Manufacturing Company. Chatham was educated in the public schools and at Woodberry Forest School in Orange, Virginia. He attended the University of North Carolina from 1915–1916 and Yale University from 1916–1917, but left college to enter the United States Navy. He served in the Navy until 1919. CareerIn July 1919, Chatham began working for his family's company, Chatham Manufacturing, which was the world's largest manufacturer of blankets. After serving as treasurer of the company, he became president in 1929 and chairman of the board of directors in 1945. During his presidency, the company experienced considerable growth. He served from February 1942 to November 1945, as an officer on the USS Phoenix (CL-46) in the Southwest Pacific and Atlantic.[1] He was decorated With the Bronze Star Medal, the Secretary of the Navy's Commendation Medal, and the Royal Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords from the Dutch Government and earned the American Theater Ribbon, European Theater Ribbon, Asiatic Theater Ribbon with three battle stars, World War I Ribbon, and Victory Ribbon. He continued his service in the Naval Reserve, and in 1950 was appointed a Captain. Political lifeWith his only previous political experience as a county commissioner in Forsyth County, North Carolina, Chatham was unsuccessful in his 1946 bid for the Democratic nomination for Congress. He was first elected in 1948 and re-elected three more times. While in Congress, he was a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and was an advocate of recognition of China and support for the Marshall Plan. Notably, he did not sign the Southern Manifesto in 1956. As a result, Chatham lost the Democratic Party primary to Ralph James Scott. Later yearsChatham was a trustee of the University of North Carolina and of Woodberry Forest School; president of the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce; and a member of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers, the American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. In 1948, he served on the North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development and was president of the North Carolina Dairymen's Association. Family lifeIn 1919, Chatham married Lucy Hodgin Hanes (1895–1949), daughter of John Wesley Hanes. The couple had two sons, Hugh Gwyn II and Richard Thurmond, Jr. After Lucy died, Chatham married Patricia Firestone Coyner in 1950. In 1951 the couple purchased and remodeled Prospect House.[2] The couple had one son, Walter Firestone, born in 1952. Chatham died in Durham, North Carolina and was buried in the Salem Cemetery in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His estate was valued at almost $2,000,000, of which $250,000 was used to establish the Chatham Foundation, a charitable trust supporting education. The Thurmond and Lucy Chatham House at Winston-Salem was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.[3] References1. ^http://digital.ncdcr.gov/cdm/ref/collection/p16062coll15/id/195 2. ^{{Cite web | author= Heather Fearnbach| title=Thurmond and Lucy Chatham House | work = National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory | date =March 2014| url = http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/nr/FY1051.pdf | format = pdf | publisher = North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office | accessdate = 2014-11-01}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20140829.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2012-08-29|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/18/14 through 8/23/14|publisher=National Park Service}} Biography uses material from: Biographical Note, Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill External links{{Portal|Biography}}
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