- Lindsay Carter Warren
Lindsay Carter Warren (
16 December 1889 -28 December 1976 ) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman fromNorth Carolina between 1925 and 1940.Early life and education
Born in
Washington, North Carolina , Warren was the son of prominent lawyer Charles F. Warren and the grandson of politicianEdward J. Warren . [ [http://www.ncbar.org/about/history/whyBoth.aspx About the NC Bar Association] ] Warren studied atBingham School in Asheville from 1903 to 1906. He attended theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1906 to 1908 and then from 1911 to 1912 (the second time studying law). He was admitted to the bar in 1912 and practiced law in his hometown of Washington.Political career
Also in 1912, Warren was named county attorney for
Beaufort County, North Carolina , and elected the chairman of the executive committee for the county Democratic Party; he would hold both posts until 1925. He was elected to theNorth Carolina Senate in 1917 and 1919, serving as Senate president pro tem in 1919 and 1920, and as the chair of the special legislative commission onworkmen's compensation acts. In 1920, Warren succeeded in preventing a Senate vote on ratification of the 19th Amendment, which would guaranteewomen's suffrage (nevertheless,Tennessee ratified the amendment the next day, making the amendment effective throughout the country). [ [http://www.carolinawoman.com/flashback8-08.htm "Why N.C. didn't give women the vote"] , reprinted in "Carolina Woman", August 2008]In 1923, Warren was sent to the
North Carolina House of Representatives for a single term before being elected, in 1924, to the69th United States Congress . He was re-elected seven times, serving in theU.S. House of Representatives fromMarch 4 ,1925 untilNovember 1 ,1940 , when he resigned from Congress. During the 72nd through 76th Congresses, he was chairman of the Committee on Accounts. He was also a delegate to theDemocratic National Convention s in 1932 and 1940, and chaired the North Carolina Democratic Convention in 1930 and 1934.Comptroller General
Warren left Congress to accept the post of
Comptroller General of the United States , serving in that role for almost fourteen years, untilMay 1 ,1954 . PresidentFranklin Roosevelt had offered Warren the post in 1936 and in 1938 but he had declined it. As Comptroller General, Warren led theGeneral Accounting Office throughWorld War II and worked with theTruman Committee to outlaw kickbacks by subcontractors to defense contractors. He oversaw an increase in the agency's workforce and extensively reorganized GAO. [ [http://archive.gao.gov/t2pbat7/145379.pdf GAO History] ]Later life and legacy
Warren returned to the North Carolina House of Representatives for two additional terms in 1959 and 1961, and died in 1976 in his hometown of Washington, North Carolina. His son, Lindsay, Jr., followed his father into law and into the North Carolina legislature. [ [http://www.ncspin.com/ncnotables.2006.03.09.php NC Spin: NC Notable Lindsay Warren, Jr.] ]
A 2.8 mile bridge, one of the longest in North Carolina, was built in 1960 over the Alligator River and is named in honor of Warren. [ [http://marinas.com/view/bridge/331 Lindsay C. Warren Bridge] ]
References
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764319,00.html "Watchdog," "Time" magazine, from 1940]
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