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Harold D. Cooley

Harold Dunbar Cooley was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented the Fourth Congressional district of North Carolina from 1934 to 1966.

Background
He was born on July 26, 1897, in Nashville, North Carolina. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Yale University Law School. ==Career==
Career
He was a private practice lawyer and military veteran, serving in the United States Naval Aviation Flying Corps during World War I. He was a member of the Interparliamentary Conferences held at Cairo, Egypt, 1947 and at Rome, Italy, 1948 and served as president of the American group for two four-year terms. On July 7, 1934, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Edward W. Pou. He was subsequently reelected 16 times, serving until his resignation on December 30, 1966. Cooley remains the longest-serving Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture in history. In 1947-8, he served on the Herter Committee. ==Death==
Death
He died on January 15, 1974, in Wilson, N.C. and is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Nashville, N.C. ==Legacy==
Legacy
His home at Nashville, the Bissette-Cooley House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. ==References==
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