OVERTON, John Holmes (1875-1948)
Democrat of Louisiana 
0th congressional district
Served in Senate 1933-1948
Served in House 1931-1933
Biography
Representative and a Senator from Louisiana; born in Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, La., September 17, 1875; attended the public schools; graduated from the Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge in 1895 and from the law department of Tulane University, New Orleans, La., in 1897; admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in Alexandria, La.; member of the board of supervisors of Louisiana State University; elected on May 12, 1931, as a Democrat to the Seventy-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James B. Aswell and served from May 12, 1931, to March 3, 1933; did not seek renomination in 1932, having become a candidate for Senator; elected to the United States Senate in 1932; reelected in 1938 and 1944 and served from March 4, 1933, until his death; chairman, Committee on Manufactures (Seventy-sixth through Seventy-ninth Congresses), Committee on Commerce (Seventy-ninth Congress), Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation (Seventy-ninth Congress); died in the naval hospital at Bethesda, Md., May 14, 1948; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Pineville, La.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
