Martin Dies Jr. | |
---|---|
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas | |
In office March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1945 | |
Preceded by | John Calvin Box |
Succeeded by | Jesse Martin Combs |
Constituency | 2nd district |
In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 | |
Preceded by | district created |
Succeeded by | district abolished |
Constituency | At-large district |
Chairman of the House Committee Investigating Un-American Activities | |
In office 1938–1944 | |
Preceded by | office established |
Succeeded by | Edward J. Hart |
Personal details | |
Born | Colorado City, Texas, U.S. | November 5, 1900
Died | November 14, 1972 Lufkin, Texas, U.S. | (aged 72)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Myrtle McAdams (m. 1920) |
Children | 3, including Martin Dies Jr. |
Parents |
|
Alma mater | University of Texas National University School of Law (LLB) |
Occupation |
|
Martin Dies Jr. (November 5, 1900 – November 14, 1972), also known as Martin Dies Sr., was a Texas politician and a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives.[1] He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and after that to the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1945). In 1944, Dies did not seek renomination to the Seventy-ninth Congress, but was elected to the Eighty-third and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959). Again, he did not seek renomination in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress. In 1941 and 1957, he was twice defeated for the nomination to fill a vacancy in the United States Senate. Dies served as the first chairman of the Special Committee to Investigate Un-American Activities from 1937 through 1944 (Seventy-fifth through Seventy-eighth Congresses).[2][3]
Former Representative Martin Dies, first chairman of the controversial House Committee on Un-American Activities, died tonight, apparently of a heart attack. He was 71 years old. engaging in "un-American activities."
Dies, Martin Jr. (son of Martin Dies), a Representative from Texas; born in Colorado, Mitchell County, Tex., November 5, 1900; moved with his parents to Beaumont, Tex., in 1902; ...