Carl D. Perkins
| Carl Dewey Perkins | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 7th district |
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In office January 3, 1949 – August 3, 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Wendell H. Meade |
| Succeeded by | Carl C. Perkins |
| Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives | |
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In office 1941 |
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October 15, 1912 Hindman, Kentucky |
| Died | August 3, 1984 (aged 71) Lexington, Kentucky |
| Alma mater | University of Louisville School of Law |
| Occupation | Attorney |
Carl Dewey Perkins (October 15, 1912 – August 3, 1984), a Democrat, was a politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Kentucky serving from 1949 until his death from a heart attack in Lexington, Kentucky in 1984.
Perkins was born in Hindman, Kentucky. He attended the Knott County, Kentucky grade schools, Hindman High School, Caney Junior College (now Alice Lloyd College), Lees Junior College-Now the Lees Campus of Hazard Community College and graduated from Jefferson School of Law (now the University of Louisville School of Law) in 1935.
Perkins was admitted to the bar in 1935 and commenced the practice of law in his hometown of Hindman. In 1939 Perkins served an unexpired term as Commonwealth's Attorney for the thirty-first judicial circuit. He was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1940 and was then elected Knott County Attorney in 1941 and reelected in 1945. Perkins resigned the county attorney's office on January 1, 1948 to become counsel for the Kentucky Department of Highways.
During World War II Perkins enlisted in the United States Army and saw service in Europe.
In 1948 Perkins ran against the incumbent Congressman from Kentucky's 7th District, Wendell H. Meade. Perkins unseated Meade and was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the seventeen succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1949, until his death. Perkins was the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor (Ninetieth through Ninety-eighth Congresses, 1967–1984). While a part of the committee, his work helped produce the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 and Head Start. The local Head Start in his home city of Hindman, Kentucky is named after Congressman Perkins.
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