POWELL, Adam Clayton, Jr. (1908-1972)
Democrat of New York 
18th congressional district
Served in House 1945-1967 , 1969-1970
Biography
A Representative from New York; born in New Haven, Conn., November 29, 1908; attended the public schools of New York City; graduated from Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., 1930; graduated from Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 1932; graduated from Shaw University, Raleigh, N.C., 1934; ordained minister; member of the New York, N.Y., city council, 1941; newspaper publisher and editor; journalist; instructor, Columbia University Extension School, 1932-1940; cofounder of the National Negro Congress; member of the New York state, Consumer Division, Office of Price Administration, 1942-1944; member of the Manhattan Civilian Defense 1942-1945; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-ninth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1967); elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth Congress, but was not sworn in and, pursuant to H.Res. 278, on March 1, 1967, was excluded from membership; elected as a Democrat to the Ninetieth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by his exclusion but was not sworn in; reelected to the Ninety-first Congress (January 3, 1969-January 3, 1971); unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the Ninety-second Congress in 1970; chairman, Committee on Education and Labor (Eighty-seventh through Eighty-ninth Congresses); died on April 4, 1972, in Miami, Fla.; cremated and ashes scattered over South Bimini in the Bahamas.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
