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( January 3, 1977 ~ January 3, 1983 )
" Delaware's 62nd U.S. Representative "
( All lettering in " Bright Blue " below are weblinks )
( Voting results including " total votes and percentages " for all statewide elections are displayed below )
Interesting Facts :
 A book titled :
" Barriers: The life and legacy of Tom Evans "
was published in 2020 about his life and trials ..............
Delaware's Democratic U.S. Senator Chris Coons had this to say about Evans :
" Tom Evans worked tirelessly in Congress and afterwards as a lobbyist and advocate to protect wetlands essential to our coastline and wild lands in Alaska. Evans reminds us all of the proud conservationist tradition of the Republican Party who built our national park system and preserved large tracts of national forests and wilderness. Evans worked across the aisle to achieve great things in preserving America's wild spaces and biodiversity, and his story is both important historically and an inspiration for our future. " ..............
Date and Place of Birth :
November 5, 1931 ~ Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Parents :
Unknown
Married :
Unknown
Children: Unknown
Thomas B. Evans, Jr. &
President Reagan |
Facts about his Life :
Attended the public schools of Old Hickory, Tenn., and Seaford, Del., 1936-1943;
Graduated from Woodberry Forest School, Orange, Va., 1947;
B.A., 1953, LL.B., 1956, University of Virginia
Clerk to Chief Justice of Delaware Surpreme Court, 1955
Admitted to Virginia bar in 1956
Served in Delaware National Guard, 1956-1960
Engaged in insurance and mortgage brokerage business, Wilmington, Delaware, 1957-1968
Director, Delaware State Development Department, 1969-1970
Co-chairman and chief operating officer, Republican National Committee, 1971-1973
Delegate to Republican National Conventions, 1972, 1976, 1980
Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-Fifth by defeating :
" Sam Shipley "
Re-elected to the Ninety-Sixth Congress by defeating :
" Gary Hindes "
Re-elected to the Ninety-Seventh Congress by defeating :
" Bob Maxwell "
Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-Eighth Congress, being defeated by State Treasurer
" Thomas Richard Carper "
Served as a Representative from (January 3, 1977-January 3, 1983) .....
Member of law firm of Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Evans in Washington, D.C.
Home :
Wilmington, Delaware
To view " Representative Evans' " U.S. Congress Biographical Page !
To view " Representative Evans' " Wikipedia Page !
" Delaware Statewide Election Results "
( winner marked in " Red " / * = incumbant )
| Year |
Election
Type |
Office |
Name |
Party |
Votes |
Percent
Of Votes |
Opponent |
Party |
Votes |
Percent
Of Votes |
| 1976 |
General |
United States
House |
Thomas B.
Evans, Jr. |
Republican |
110,677 |
52 % |
Sam
Shipley |
Democrat |
102,431 |
48 % |
| 1978 |
General |
United States
House |
Thomas B.
Evans, Jr. * |
Republican |
91,689 |
59 % |
Gary
Hindes |
Democrat |
64,863 |
41 % |
| 1980 |
General |
United States
House |
Thomas B.
Evans, Jr. * |
Republican |
133,842 |
62 % |
Bob
Maxwell |
Democrat |
81,227 |
38 % |
| 1982 |
General |
United States
House |
Thomas B.
Evans, Jr. * |
Republican |
87,153 |
46 % |
Thomas R.
Carper |
Democrat |
98,533 |
52 % |
( January 3, 1955 ~ January 3, 1957 ~ " 1st Term " )
( January 3, 1959 ~ January 3, 1967 ~ " 2nd Term " )
" Delaware's 57th & 59th U.S. Representative "
" State House "
( January 3, 1941 ~ January 3, 1943 )
" State Senate "
( January 3, 1943 ~ January 3, 1947 )
( All lettering in " Bright Blue " below are weblinks )
( Voting results including " total votes and percentages " for all statewide elections are displayed below )
Date and Place of Birth :
February 10, 1906 ~ farm near Middletown, Delaware
Parents :
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Harris B. McDowell, Sr. - ( 1859 ~ 1927 )
Mary May Kendall McDowell - ( 1884 ~ 1950 )
Married :
Florence Roberta Neary McDowell - ( 1910 ~ 1978 )
Children:Kendall McDowell - ( June 13, 1930 ~ May 9, 2006 )
Harris B. McDowell, Jr. |
Facts about his Life :
Attended the public schools of Middletown, Wilmington (Delaware) High School, and the Y.M.C.A. schools;
Graduated from Beacom Business College, Wilmington, Del
Engaged in farming, also in the insurance and real estate business
Member of the Delaware State Board of Agriculture, 1937-1940
Served in the Delaware State House of Representatives, 1940-1942
Served in the Delaware State Senate, 1942-1946
Secretary of State for Delaware, 1949-1953
Member of New Castle County Zoning Commission in 1953 and 1954
Delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960
Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth Congress by defeating :
" Lillian I. Martin " and served from January 3, 1955 to January 3, 1957;
Was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress being defeated by :
" Harry G. Haskell, Jr. "
Elected to the Eighty-sixth Congress by defeating :
" Harry G. Haskell, Jr. "
Re-Elected to the Eighty-Seventh Congress by defeating :
" James T. McKinstry "
Re-Elected to the Eighty-Eighth Congress by defeating :
" Wilmer F. Williams "
Re-Elected to the Eighty-Nineth Congress by defeating :
" James H. Snowden "
Unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress being defeated by :
" William V. Roth "
Unsuccessful candidate for election in 1968 to the Ninety-First Congress being defeated by :
" William V. Roth "
Federal State coordinator for Delaware, 1967 - 1968
Retired; was a resident of Middletown, Delaware until his passing .....
Date and Place of Passing :
November, 1988 - Middletown, Delaware
Place of Burial :
Forest Presbyterian Church Cemetery , Middletown, Delaware
To view " Representative McDowell's " Online Burial Record !
Delaware Home :
Currently Unknown
To view " Representative McDowell's " U.S. Congress Biographical Page !
To view " Representative McDowell's " Wikipedia Page !
" Delaware Statewide Election Results "
( winner marked in " Red " / * = incumbant )
| Year |
Election
Type |
Office |
Name |
Party |
Votes |
Percent
Of Votes |
Opponent |
Party |
Votes |
Percent
Of Votes |
| 1954 |
General |
United States
House |
Harris B.
McDowell, Jr. |
Democrat |
79,201 |
55 % |
Lillian I.
Martin |
Republican |
65,035 |
45 % |
| 1956 |
General |
United States
House |
Harris B.
McDowell, Jr. * |
Democrat |
84,644 |
48 % |
Harry G.
Haskell Jr. |
Republican |
91,538 |
52 % |
| 1958 |
General |
United States
House |
Harris B.
McDowell, Jr. |
Democrat |
76,797 |
50.1 % |
Harry G.
Haskell Jr. * |
Republican |
76,099 |
49.9 % |
| 1960 |
General |
United States
House |
Harris B.
McDowell, Jr. * |
Democrat |
98,227 |
50.2 % |
James T.
McKinstry |
Republican |
96,337 |
49.8 % |
| 1962 |
General |
United States
House |
Harris B.
McDowell, Jr. * |
Democrat |
81,166 |
53 % |
Wilmer F.
Williams |
Republican |
71,934 |
47 % |
| 1964 |
General |
United States
House |
Harris B.
McDowell, Jr. * |
Democrat |
112,361 |
57 % |
James H.
Snowden |
Republican |
86,254 |
43 % |
| 1966 |
General |
United States
House |
Harris B.
McDowell, Jr. * |
Democrat |
72,142 |
44 % |
William V.
Roth Jr. |
Republican |
90,961 |
56 % |
| 1968 |
General |
United States
House |
Harris B.
McDowell, Jr. |
Democrat |
82,993 |
41 % |
William V.
Roth Jr. * |
Republican |
117,827 |
59 % |
( January 3, 1957 ~ January 3, 1959 )
" Delaware's 58th U.S. Representative "
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( Voting results including " total votes and percentages " for all statewide elections are displayed below )
Date and Place of Birth :
May 27, 1921 ~ Wilmington, Delaware
Parents :
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Harry Garner Haskell, Sr. - ( 1870 ~ 1951 )
Elizabeth Scott Denham Haskell - ( 1883 ~ 1929 )
Married ~ Twice :
Mary Carey
Foster Haskell - ( 1925 ~ 2008 ) ~ Married in 1947
Children:Eight Children ~ Names unknown
Ruth Ellen duPont Lord - ( 1922 ~ 2014 ) ~ Married in 2009
Children:None
Facts about his Life :
Educated at Tower Hill School, Wilmington, Delaware, and St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass.; attended Princeton University 1940-1942
Enlisted in the United States Coast Guard Reserve September 8, 1942, made an ensign in 1943, and was discharged as a lieutenant (jg) in 1946
Personnel manager of Speakman Co., 1947-1948
President of Greenhill Dairies, Inc., 1948-1953
Secretary of the Departmental Council of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1953-1954
Consultant to special assistant to " President Dwight Eisenhower " in 1955
Owner and operator of Hill Girt Farm, Chadds Ford, Pa.
President of University of Delaware Research Foundation
Delegate, Republican National Conventions, 1952-1984
Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-fifth Congress by defeating incumbant :
" Harris B. McDowell Jr. " and served from January 3, 1957 ~ January 3, 1959 .....
Unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress being defeated by :
" Harris B. McDowell Jr. "
Resumed former business interests
Elected Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, for a four-year term commencing January 7, 1969 by defeating :
" John E. Babiarz " .....
Member, Presidents National Reading Council, appointed September 1970
President, Abercrombie and Fitch
Date and Place of Passing :
January 16, 2020 ~ Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
Place of Burial :
Currently Unknown
To view " Representative Haskell's " Online Burial Record !
Home : Chadds Ford, Pa.
To view " Representative Haskell's " U.S. Congress Biographical Page !
To view " Representative Haskell's " Wikipedia Page !
" Delaware Statewide Election Results "
( winner marked in " Red " / * = incumbant )
| Year |
Election
Type |
Office |
Name |
Party |
Votes |
Percent
Of Votes |
Opponent |
Party |
Votes |
Percent
Of Votes |
| 1956 |
General |
United States
House |
Harris B.
McDowell, Jr. * |
Democrat |
84,644 |
48 % |
Harry G.
Haskell Jr. |
Republican |
91,538 |
52 % |
| 1958 |
General |
United States
House |
Harris B.
McDowell, Jr. |
Democrat |
76,797 |
50.1 % |
Harry G.
Haskell Jr. * |
Republican |
76,099 |
49.9 % |
( January 3, 1953 ~ January 3, 1955 )
" Delaware's 56th U.S. Representative "
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( Voting results including " total votes and percentages " for all statewide elections are displayed below )
Date and Place of Birth :
September 21, 1916 - Wilmington, Delaware
Parents :
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William Herbert Warburton - ( 1892 ~ 1975 )
Lela Zettella Wingate Warburton - ( 1891 ~ 1968 )
Married : Elizabeth Grimm Warburton - ( 1917 ~ 1994 ) ~ Married in 1941
Children:Unknown
Facts about his Life :
Attended the public schools of Wilmington, Delaware, and Reading, Pa.;
Graduated from University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, in June 1938, and from Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, Pa., in June 1941
Took reserve officers training course at University of Delaware and commissioned a second lieutenant
Began active Army duty as first lieutenant of the One Hundred and Twenty-second Antiaircraft Battalion in September 1941
Graduated from Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kans., in September 1945
and became battalion commander in October 1945
Was relieved from active duty as a major in December 1945
Admitted to the Delaware bar in absentia in April 1942 and began the practice of law in Wilmington, Delaware
after being relieved from active Army service
City of Wilmington, Delaware Solicitor 1949-1952
Elected as a Republican to the Eighty-third Congress by defeating Democrat :
" Joseph J. Scannell " and served from January 3, 1953 to January 3, 1955;
Was not a candidate for renomination in 1954 .....
He was an unsuccessful candidate for election in 1954 to the United States Senate being defeated by incumbant :
" J. Allen Frear "
Appointed special assistant to U.S. Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell March 2, 1955, and served until November 7, 1957
General Counsel, U.S. Post Office Department, from November 7, 1957, to January 20, 1961
Minority Counsel to the U.S. House Government Operations subcommittee, serving from March 1961 to September 1964
Executive Director, American Orthotics and Prosthetics Association and the American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics
Was a resident of Frankford, Delaware, until his death
Date and Place of Passing :
Lewes, Delaware ~ July 30, 1983 ~ Age 67
Place of Burial :
Cremated and ashes interred in Cathedral Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware
To view " Representative Warburton's " Online Burial Record !
Home : Unknown
To view " Representative Warburton's " U.S. Congress Biographical Page !
To view " Representative Warburton's " Wikipedia Page !
" Delaware Statewide Election Results "
( winner marked in " Red " / * = incumbant )
| Year |
Election
Type |
Office |
Name |
Party |
Votes |
Percent
Of Votes |
Opponent |
Party |
Votes |
Percent
Of Votes |
| 1952 |
General |
United States
House |
Herbert B.
Warburton |
Republican |
88,285 |
52 % |
Joseph J.
Scannell |
Democrat |
81,730 |
48 % |
| 1954 |
General |
United States
Senate |
Herbert B.
Warburton |
Republican |
62,389 |
43 % |
J. Allen
Frear, Jr. * |
Democrat |
82,511 |
57 % |
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Last update: January 9, 2024
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