William H. Natcher
| William Huston Natcher | |
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| Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee | |
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In office January 3, 1993 – March 29, 1994 |
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| Speaker | Tom Foley |
| Preceded by | Jamie Whitten |
| Succeeded by | Dave Obey |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 2nd district | |
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In office August 1, 1953 – March 29, 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Garrett L. Withers |
| Succeeded by | Ron Lewis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 11, 1909 Bowling Green, Kentucky |
| Died | March 29, 1994 (aged 84) Bethesda, Maryland |
| Political party | Democratic |
William Huston Natcher (September 11, 1909 – March 29, 1994) was a Democratic congressman, serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1953 until his death from heart failure in Bethesda, Maryland in 1994. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Natcher was born on September 11, 1909, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Natcher received a Bachelor of Arts degree at Western Kentucky State College (now Western Kentucky University) in Bowling Green in 1930 and an LL.B. from the Ohio State University in Columbus in 1933. Natcher married in 1937, and had two daughters.
Natcher practiced law in Bowling Green. From 1936 to 1937 he was U.S. Conciliation Commissioner for Kentucky's Western District, and he served as Warren County Attorney from 1938 to 1950. Natcher was President of Kentucky's Young Democratic Clubs from 1941 to 1946.
He served in the United States Navy during World War II. From 1951 to 1953 Natcher was Commonwealth's Attorney for Kentucky's Eighth Judicial District.
He was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1953 from the 2nd District. He cast 18,401 consecutive roll-call votes between 1953 and 1994, never missing a single roll call vote over his entire forty-one-year Congressional career, the all-time record for both the House of Representatives and Congress as a whole. Natcher refused to accept campaign contributions. He was also chairman of the House Appropriations Committee from 1993 to 1994. His knowledge of House rules in debate led House Speaker Tip O'Neill to employ him as presiding officer during crucial debates.
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