Braswell Drue Deen (June 28, 1893 – November 28, 1981) was a

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from

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Life

Born on a farm near Baxley, Georgia, Deen attended public and high schools and South Georgia College, McRae, Georgia. Deen was elected county

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Appling County, Georgia Appling County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 18,444. The county seat is Baxley. History Appling County is named for Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Appling, a s ...

, November 1916-August 1918. He was graduated from

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, in 1922. He served as superintendent of schools at

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from 1922 to 1924. He served as president of South Georgia Junior College, McRae, Georgia from 1924 to 1927. He engaged in

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and

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in 1927 and 1928. He was editor and proprietor of the Alma (Georgia) Times. He also engaged in banking. Deen was elected as a

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to the Seventy-third, Seventy-fourth, and Seventy-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress. After serving in Congress, he worked as an

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and

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farmer. He resided in

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, until his death there on November 28, 1981. He was interred at Rose Hill Cemetery in

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deen, Braswell Drue 1893 births 1981 deaths People from Appling County, Georgia Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state) American school administrators Farmers from Georgia (U.S. state) People from Bacon County, Georgia People from McRae, Georgia 20th-century American politicians