| LC control no. | n 88217873 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Holifield, Chet, 1903-1995 |
| Variant(s) | Holifield, Chester Earl, 1903-1995 |
| Birth date | 19031203 |
| Death date | 19950206 |
| Place of birth | Mayfield, Ky. |
| Place of death | Redlands, Calif. |
| Field of activity | Clothing trade Men's clothing |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators--United States |
| Found in | Dyke, R. W. Mr. Atomic Energy, 1989: CIP t.p. (Congressman Chet Holifield) book t.p. (Chet Holifield) p. 1 (Chester Earl Holifield; b. 12/3/03) LC data base, 5-1-89 (hdg.: Holifield, Chet, 1903- ) Dyke, R.W. Chet Holifield, 1995: CIP galley (died at 91 on Feb. 5, 1995) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, August 31, 2013 (Holifield, Chester Earl (1903-1995); a Representative from California; born in Mayfield, Graves County, Ky., December 3, 1903; moved with his family to Springdale, Ark., in 1912; attended the public schools; moved to Montebello, Calif., in 1920 and engaged in the manufacture and selling of men's apparel, 1920-1943; chairman of the Los Angeles County Democratic Central committee of the Fifty-first District, 1934-1938; chairman of the California State Central committee of the Twelfth Congressional District, 1938-1940; delegate to each Democratic National Convention from 1940 to 1964; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1943 until his resignation December 31, 1974; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974 to the Ninety-fourth Congress; chairman, Committee on Government Operations (Ninety-first through Ninety-third Congresses), Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (Eighty-seventh, Eighty-ninth, and Ninety-first Congresses); member, President's Special Evaluation Commission on Atomic Bomb Tests at Bikini Atoll, 1946; congressional adviser to international conferences on uses of atomic energy, nuclear weapons testing, water desalinization, and disarmament; resumed the manufacture and selling of men's apparel; died February 6, 1995) Find A Grave, via WWW, September 3, 2013 (Chester E. "Chet" Holifield; born December 3, 1903 in Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky; died February 6, 1995 in Redlands, San Bernardino County, California) |
| Associated language | eng |
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