Douglas Hemphill Elliott (June 3,1921 – June 19,1960) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Elliott was born in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. He attended the schools of Philadelphia and graduated from the Haverford School in 1938. He attended the University of Virginia from 1938 to 1940. [3]
During World War II,Elliott served in the United States Navy from 1941 until he was discharged as a chief petty officer in 1945. He worked for insurance companies from 1945 to 1952. Elliott served as director of public relations of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia from 1950 to 1952. He served as vice president of Wilson College in Chambersburg,Pennsylvania,from 1952 to 1960. Elliott was elected to the Pennsylvania State Senate in 1956,and served until he was elected to the Eighty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Richard Simpson and served from April 26,1960,until his death on June 19,1960.
On June 19,1960,Elliott killed himself by carbon monoxide poisoning in Horse Valley,Pennsylvania. [4] [5]
Albert Arnold Gore was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1953 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as a U.S. Representative from the state's 4th congressional district from 1939 to 1953. He was the father of Al Gore,who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 until 2001,and held Tennessee's other U.S. Senate seat from 1985 to 1993. A native of Granville,Tennessee,Gore graduated from Middle Tennessee State Teachers College and taught school. From 1932 to 1936 he was superintendent of schools for Smith County. He attended the Nashville Y.M.C.A. Night Law School,now the Nashville School of Law,from which he graduated in 1936.
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