Gossett, Ed Lee, 1902-1990

[Ed Lee Gossett (b. Jan. 27, 1902, near Many, Sabine Parish, La.; d. Nov. 6, 1990, Dallas, Tex.), U.S. Representative from Texas, served in the U.S. Congress from January 3, 1939, until his resignation July 31, 1951.]

found: Photograph: President Harry S. Truman receives cowboy boots, Truman Library, Apr. 14, 1948:(features Texas congressman Ed Gossett)

found: Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress online search, July 29, 2014(Ed Lee Gossett; Representative from Texas; born in a sawmill camp known as Yellow Pine, near Many, Sabine Parish, La., January 27, 1902; moved to Texas in 1908 with his parents, who settled on a farm near Henrietta, Clay County; University of Texas at Austin, A.B., 1924 and the law school of the same university, LL.B., 1927; was admitted to the bar the latter year and commenced practice in Vernon, Tex.; moved to Wichita Falls, Tex., in 1937 and continued the practice of law; served as district attorney of the forty-sixth judicial district 1933-1937; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1939, until his resignation July 31, 1951; chairman, Committee on Elections No. 2 (Seventy-seventh through Seventy-ninth Congresses); resumed the practice of law and was general attorney for the Texas Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.; served as judge of Criminal District Court, Dallas, Tex., until his death on November 6, 1990) - http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000338

found: Findagrave.com, July 29, 2014(Ed Lee Gossett; b. Jan. 27, 1902, Sabine Parish, La.; d. Nov. 6, 1990, Dallas, Tex.; U.S. Congressman; burial: Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Tex., Garden of the Good Shepherd plot)

found: Wikipedia.org, July 29, 2014(Ed Lee Gossett; b. Jan. 27, 1902, near Many, Sabine Parish, La.; d. Nov. 6, 1990, Dallas, Tex.; U.S. Representative from Texas) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gossett

found: OCLC, Oct. 3, 2014(hdgs.: Gossett, Ed; Gossett, Ed, 1902-; Gossett, Ed, 1902-1990; Gossett, Ed Lee; Gossett, Ed Lee, 1902-1990; usage: Ed Gossett)

[Ed Lee Gossett (b. Jan. 27, 1902, near Many, Sabine Parish, La.; d. Nov. 6, 1990, Dallas, Tex.), U.S. Representative from Texas, served in the U.S. Congress from January 3, 1939, until his resignation July 31, 1951.]