Harold D. Cooley

Harold D. Cooley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 4th district
In office July 7, 1934 – December 30, 1966
Preceded by	Edward W. Pou
Succeeded by	James Carson Gardner
Personal details
Born	(1897-07-26)July 26, 1897 Nashville, North Carolina
Died	Wilson, North Carolina
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of North Carolina, Yale University Law School
Occupation	lawyer

Harold Dunbar Cooley (July 26, 1897 – January 15, 1974) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented the Fourth Congressional district of North Carolina from 1934 to 1966. Cooley remains the longest-serving Chairman in the history of the United States House Committee on Agriculture.

He was nearly defeated in 1964 by Republican James Carson Gardner and lost to Gardner in a stunning 13-point upset in 1966.

His home at Nashville, the Bissette-Cooley House, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

External links

• Inventory of the Harold Dunbar Cooley Papers, in the Southern Historical Collection, UNC-Chapel Hill
• http://www.fff.org/freedom/0498d.asp

• Harold D. Cooley at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Edward W. Pou	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 4th congressional district 1934–1966	Succeeded by James C. Gardner
Preceded by Clifford R. Hope	Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee 1955–1966	Succeeded by William R. Poage
Preceded by Clifford R. Hope	Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee 1949–1953	Succeeded by Clifford R. Hope