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Harold D. Cooley

Harold D. Cooley
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 4th district
In office
July 7, 1934 – December 30, 1966
Preceded by Edward W. Pou
Succeeded by James Carson Gardner
Personal details
Born (1897-07-26)July 26, 1897
Nashville, North Carolina
Died January 15, 1974(1974-01-15) (aged 76)
Wilson, North Carolina
Political party Democratic
Alma mater University of North Carolina, Yale University Law School
Occupation lawyer

Harold Dunbar Cooley (July 26, 1897 – January 15, 1974) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented the Fourth Congressional district of North Carolina from 1934 to 1966. Cooley remains the longest-serving Chairman in the history of the United States House Committee on Agriculture.

He was nearly defeated in 1964 by Republican James Carson Gardner and lost to Gardner in a stunning 13-point upset in 1966.

His home at Nashville, the Bissette-Cooley House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.



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