| LC control no. | no 99043372 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rhodes, George M. (George Milton), 1898-1978 |
| Variant(s) | Rhodes, George M. (George Milton), 1899-1978 |
| Birth date | 18980224 |
| Death date | 19781023 |
| Place of birth | Reading (Pa.) |
| Place of death | Reading (Pa.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Army American Federation of Labor United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators--United States |
| Found in | George Rhodes story, 1975: title page (Congressman George M. Rhodes) OCLC database, June 15, 1999 (hdg.: Rhodes, George M. (George Milton), 1899-1978; usage: George M. Rhodes) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, November 11, 2013 (Rhodes, George Milton (1898 - 1978); a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Reading, Berks County, Pa., February 24, 1898; attended Reading public schools; during the First World War served in the United States Army; printer, Reading Eagle Co., 1913-1927; business manager, Reading Labor Advocate, 1927-1942; A.F. of L. labor representative; editor and manager of The New Era, 1942-1949; president of Federated Trades Council, A.F. of L. Central Labor Union, 1928-1951; member of the Reading Housing Authority, 1938-1948; delegate to Socialist National Conventions in 1928 and 1932, and to Democrat National Conventions in 1952 and 1956; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1969); was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress; resided in Reading, Pa., where he died October 23, 1978) |
| Associated language | eng |
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