Hoey, Clyde Roark, 1877-1954

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U.S. senator and governor of North Carolina.

From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1938. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122381802

U.S. Senator and governor of North Carolina, from Shelby (Cleveland Co.), N.C.

From the description of Papers, 1943-1954; (bulk 1944-1954). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19642850

From the description of Papers, 1942-1995 ; (bulk 1944-1954). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122524344

  • 1877: Clyde Roark Hoey born, 11 December
  • 1899: Studied law, University of North Carolina
  • 1898 - 1902 : Served in N. C. House of Representatives
  • 1899: Admitted to North Carolina Bar
  • 1900: Married Bessie Gardner
  • 1902 - 1904 : Served in N. C. Senate
  • 1913 - 1919 : Appointed Assistant United States District Attorney, Western North Carolina District
  • 1919 - 1921 : Elected to 66th Congress to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Edwin Y. Webb. Declined re-nomination. Resumed law practice, 1921
  • 1928: Democratic Presidential Elector-at-Large
  • 1937 - 1941 : Governor of North Carolina
  • 1944 - 1954 : United States Senator from North Carolina until his death on May 13, 1954
  • 1945 - 1954 : Agriculture and Forestry
  • 1945 - 1946 : District of Columbia
  • 1947 - 1952 : Expenditures in the Executive Departments
  • 1949 - 1954 : Finance
  • 1953 - 1954 : Government Operations
  • 1945 - 1946 : Immigration
  • 1945 - 1946 : Interstate Commerce

From the guide to the Clyde Roark Hoey Papers, 1943-1954, (Duke University. David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

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Birth 1877-12-11

Death 1954-05-12

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