Alfred Lee Bulwinkle (April 21, 1883 – August 31, 1950) was a

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from

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Early life

Born in

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, Bulwinkle moved with his parents to

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, in 1891. He attended the common schools. He studied law at the

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. He was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in

. He served as prosecuting attorney for the municipal court of Gastonia 1913–1916. He served as captain in Company B, First Infantry, North Carolina National Guard from 1909 to 1917. He served on the Mexican border in 1916 and 1917. During the First World War served as a major in command of the Second Battalion, One Hundred and Thirteenth Field Artillery, Fifty-fifth Brigade, Thirtieth Division, American Expeditionary Forces.

Political career

Bulwinkle was elected as a

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to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress, losing to Charles A. Jonas. Two years later, Bulwinkle defeated Jonas and was elected to the Seventy-second Congress. He served in nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1931, until his death. He served as chairman of the Committee on Memorials (Seventy-sixth Congress). In 1938, he was key to passing the

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which sanctioned federal assistance to U.S. states establishing preventive healthcare for venereal diseases. He served as delegate to the International Aviation Conference at

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, in 1944. In 1947, he was the United States adviser, International Civil Aviation Organization at Montreal, Canada, and Geneva, Switzerland. He died in

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, August 31, 1950, of

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.Death Brings End to Career of Representative Bulwinkle; The Gastonia Gazette; Page 1: September 1, 1950 He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

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Memorial services held in the House of Representatives together with remarks presented in eulogy of Alfred Lee Bulwinkle, late a representative from North Carolina
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Early life

Political career

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