Robert Lee Doughton
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Robert Lee "Bob" Doughton, of Alleghany County, North Carolina, sometimes known as "Farmer Bob", was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina for 42 consecutive years (1911-1953).
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President Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law, August 14, 1935. (Doughton at far left)
Doughton with Henry A. Wallace in 1940.
Doughton talking with Washington (state) Congressman Charles H. Leavy in 1939.
Doughton with Texas Congressman Wright Patman in 1937, talking about a pension bill.Politicians from United States 6
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Robert Lee "Bob" Doughton, of Alleghany County, North Carolina, sometimes known as "Farmer Bob", was a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina for 42 consecutive years (1911-1953). A Democrat originally from Laurel Springs, North Carolina, he was the dean of the United States House of Representatives for his last few months in Congress. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of North Carolina. In the 1930s Doughton was a key player in the creation of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the passage of the Social Security Act.
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