Carl T. Durham
Carl Thomas Durham (August 28, 1892 – April 29, 1974) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina.
Carl T. Durham
Early life and education[edit]
Born in Orange County, North Carolina, Durham attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Career[edit]
He was a pharmacist from 1912 to 1938. He served as a pharmacist's mate in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918. He served as a member of the city council of Chapel Hill, North Carolina from 1924 to 1932, and of the Orange County Board of Commissioners 1932 to 1938. He served as a member of the school board of Chapel Hill, North Carolina from 1924 to 1938. He was also a trustee of the University of North Carolina.
Durham was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1961). He served as chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, during which time he was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress. In 1964, retired and resided in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Death[edit]
He died in Durham, North Carolina, April 29, 1974. He was interred in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.