Carroll Lynwood Beedy (August 3, 1880 – August 30, 1947) was a

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from Maine from 1921 to 1935. He was born in

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, Franklin County, Maine, on August 3, 1880. He attended the public schools of Lewiston,

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, Maine and graduated from Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, in 1903 and from the law department of Yale University in 1906. He was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in Portland, Maine. He became the prosecuting attorney of Cumberland County from 1917 to 1921. In the Republican primary prior to the election, Beedy defeated Mayor of Portland

Charles Bailey Clarke Charles Bailey Clarke (October 3, 1875 – January 27, 1944) was a Portland, Maine politician. Clarke married Ellen A. Cate in 1901. Clarke was born in Bangor, Maine. From 1918 to 1921, Clarke was the List of mayors of Portland, Maine, Mayor of Po ...

by 19 votes. He was subsequently elected to the 67th and the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921 - January 3, 1935). He was also chairman of the Committee on Mileage (68th and 69th Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor (69th Congress), Committee on Elections No. 1 (70th and 71st Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the 74th Congress. He then practiced in law in Washington, D.C., until his death there August 30, 1947. Beedy was an active

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.''10,000 Famous Freemasons from A to J Part One'' By William R. Denslow, Harry S. Truman Contributor Harry S. Truman Published by Kessinger Publishing, 2004 , He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.

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