Emory Hilliard Price (December 3, 1899 – February 11, 1976) was a U.S. Representative from

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Biography

Born in

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, Price attended the public schools of

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. He graduated from Jacksonville (Florida) Law College in 1936. He was

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the same year and commenced practice in

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Political career

He served as member of the city council of Jacksonville from 1929 to 1932. Price was the Supervisor of Registration of Duval County from 1932 to 1942.

Congress

Price was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1948 to the

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. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law and real estate pursuits.

Death

He died in Jacksonville on February 11, 1976, and was buried in Greenlawn Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Emory Hilliard 1899 births 1976 deaths Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Florida Politicians from Jacksonville, Florida Florida city council members 20th-century American politicians