Alonzo Dillard Folger Explained

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Caption:Alonzo Dillard Folger in 1940
State:North Carolina
District:5th
Party:Democratic
Term Start:January 3, 1939
Term End:April 30, 1941
Preceded:Franklin W. Hancock Jr.
Succeeded:John H. Folger
Birth Name:Alonzo Dillard Folger
Birth Date:9 July 1888
Birth Place:Dobson, North Carolina
Death Place:Mount Airy, North Carolina
Resting Place:Dobson Cemetery
Occupation:lawyer
Residence:Dobson, North Carolina
Alma Mater:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Alonzo Dillard Folger (July 9, 1888 – April 30, 1941) was a Democratic U.S Congressman, serving one term from North Carolina between 1939 and 1941.

Biography

Born in Dobson, North Carolina, Folger attended public schools in Surry County and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Folger graduated from UNC with a bachelor's degree in 1912 and a law degree in 1914.

Early career

He was admitted to the bar and opened a law practice in Dobson in 1914, relocating to Mount Airy to practice law there. From 1932 to 1938, he was a trustee of the University of North Carolina, and was named to the state's Superior Court in 1937.

Folger had served only two months as a judge when he resigned to serve on the Democratic National Committee; he was a member of the Committee from 1936 until his death in 1941.

Congress

As a Democrat, he was elected to the 76th United States Congress in 1938 and re-election to the 77th U.S. Congress in 1940, but his second term was cut short by his death in a car accident in Mount Airy on April 30, 1941.

In a special election, his brother John Hamlin Folger was chosen to succeed him on Congress.

Burial

Alonzo Folger is buried in Dobson Cemetery in his hometown of Dobson.

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