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David D. Terry | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 5th district | |
| In office December 19, 1933 – January 3, 1943 | |
| Preceded by | Henderson M. Jacoway |
| Succeeded by | Brooks Hays |
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| Born | David Dickson Terry January 31, 1881 Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Died | October 6, 1963 (aged 82) Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Holly Cemetery |
| Party | Democratic |
David Dickson Terry (January 31, 1881 – October 6, 1963) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. representative from Arkansas from 1933 to 1943. He was the son of William Leake Terry.
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Terry attended public schools, along with the Bethel Military Academy in Fauquier County, Virginia and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He graduated from the law department of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1903. Later, he also attended the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois. After he was admitted to the bar in 1903, Terry commenced practice in Little Rock.
During the First World War, Terry enlisted on June 5, 1918, and was later commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry. He was discharged on December 20, 1918.
From 1929 to 1933, Terry served as a member of the Little Rock School Board.
He was elected to the State House of Representatives in 1933.
Terry was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Heartsill Ragon. Terry was reelected to the Seventy-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses, where he served from December 19, 1933, to January 3, 1943. He did not run for reelection in 1942, in order to run for the United States Senate. His run was unsuccessful, and he returned to the practice of law.
He unsuccessfully ran for governor in 1944, and placed third.
Terry served as director of the Division of Flood Control Water and Soil Conservation of the Arkansas Resources and Development Commission from 1945 until 1953.
Terry died in Little Rock on October 6, 1963. He was interred in Mount Holly Cemetery. Named in his honor, the Little Rock School District opened Terry Elementary School in 1964.[1]
This article incorporates public domain material from Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Federal government of the United States.
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David Dickson Terry (January 31, 1881 – October 6, 1963) was an American lawyer and politician who served five terms as a U.S. representative from Arkansas from 1933 to 1943. He was the son of William Leake Terry.
David Terry may refer to: David D. Terry (1881–1963), U.S. Representative from Arkansas David S. Terry (1823–1889), California Father and Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court David Terry (Oregon politician) in Oregon state elections, 2006
The Pike–Fletcher–Terry House, also known as just the Terry Mansion and now the Community Gallery at the Terry House, is a historic house at 8th and Rock Streets in central Little Rock, Arkansas. It is a large two-story Greek Revival building, whose grounds occupy the western end of a city block bounded by Rock, 8th, and 7th Streets. Its most prominent feature is its north-facing six-column Greek temple portico. The house was built in 1840 for Albert Pike, a leading figure in Arkansas' territorial and early state history. It has also been home to John Fletcher, a prominent Little Rock businessman and American Civil War veteran, and David D. Terry, Fletcher's son-in-law and also a prominent Arkansas politician. It was then home to prominent philanthropist and political activist Adolphine Fletcher Terry. She and her sister Mary Fletcher Drennan willed the family mansion to the city, for use by the nearby Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. It has been a municipal building since 1964. It served as the Arkansas Decorative Arts Center from 1985 to 2003. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The Pike–Fletcher–Terry House is currently closed. There is ongoing litigation between the City of Little Rock, the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, and the Terry heirs.
KKPT (94.1 FM) is an American commercial radio station located in Little Rock, Arkansas. KKPT broadcasts a classic rock music format branded as "The Point 94.1". The station is owned by Signal Media and the broadcast license held by Signal Media of Arkansas, Inc. The station's studios are located west of the downtown area along the south shore of the Arkansas River (David D. Terry Lake), and the transmitter tower is located on Shinall Mountain, near the Chenal Valley neighborhood of Little Rock.
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