Carroll Lynwood Beedy (August 3, 1880 – August 30, 1947) was a

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from

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from 1921 to 1935. He was born in Phillips, Franklin County, Maine, on August 3, 1880. He attended the public schools of Lewiston, Androscoggin County,

and graduated from

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, Lewiston, Maine, in 1903 and from the law department of

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in 1906. He was admitted to the bar in 1907 and commenced practice in

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. He became the prosecuting attorney of Cumberland County from 1917 to 1921. In the

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primary prior to the election, Beedy defeated Mayor of Portland

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by 19 votes. He was subsequently elected to the 67th and the six succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921 - January 3, 1935). He was also chairman of the Committee on Mileage (68th and 69th Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of Labor (69th Congress), Committee on Elections No. 1 (70th and 71st Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the 74th Congress. He then practiced in law in

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, until his death there August 30, 1947. Beedy was an active

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.''10,000 Famous Freemasons from A to J Part One'' By William R. Denslow, Harry S. Truman Contributor Harry S. Truman Published by Kessinger Publishing, 2004 , He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.

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