Herbert Covington Bonner
American politician
Died when: 74 years 175 days (893 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Herbert Covington Bonner (May 16, 1891 – November 7, 1965) was a Democratic U.S.Congressman from North Carolina between 1940 and 1965.Born in Washington, North Carolina, Bonner attended school in Warrenton.
He served in the United States Army during World War I, and worked as a salesman, a farmer, and then as secretary to Congressman Lindsay Warren from 1924 to 1940.
Upon Warren's resignation from Congress in 1940, Bonner was elected simultaneously to complete the unexpired term, and was elected to the 77th Congress for a full term.
He served for twelve full terms, from November 5, 1940 until his death from cancer in Washington, D.C. on November 7, 1965.During the 79th Congress, he chaired the Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress, and in the 84th through 89th Congresses, he chaired the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
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.Bonner died in office in 1965 in Washington, D.C.; he is buried in Washington, N.C.
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