Irving, Theodore Leonard, 1898-1962

<p><b>RACES</b>
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<li> 08/03/1954 MO District 4 - D Primary Lost 10.29% (-55.12%)</li>
<li> 11/04/1952 MO District 4 Lost 46.68% (-6.65%)</li>
<li> 08/05/1952 MO District 4 - D Primary Won 69.55% (+52.90%)</li>
<li> 11/07/1950 MO District 4 Won 61.55% (+23.11%)</li>
<li> 08/01/1950 MO District 4 - D Primary Won 51.44% (+21.20%)</li>
<li> 11/02/1948 MO District 4 Won 64.11% (+28.46%)</li>
<li> 08/03/1948 MO District 4 - D Primary Won 40.99% (+0.29%)</li>
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IRVING, Theodore Leonard, a Representative from Missouri; born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minn., March 24, 1898; moved with his parents to a farm in North Dakota; attended the public schools of North Dakota; worked for a railroad as a boy and during the First World War; left the railroad to become manager of a theater in Montana; moved to California and was manager of a hotel; moved to Jackson County, Mo., in 1934 and was employed as a construction worker and later became a representative of the American Federation of Labor; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949-January 3, 1953); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress; defeated for Democratic nomination in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress; labor organizer and later president of a labor union in Kansas City, Mo.; died in Washington, D.C., while on a business trip March 8, 1962; interment in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo.

<p>Theodore Leonard Irving (March 24, 1898 – March 8, 1962) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri.</p>

<p>Born in St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, Irving moved with his parents to a farm in North Dakota. He attended the public schools of North Dakota. He worked for a railroad as a boy and during the First World War. He left the railroad to become manager of a theater in Montana. He moved to California and was manager of a hotel. He moved to Jackson County, Missouri, in 1934 and was employed as a construction worker and later became a representative of the American Federation of Labor.</p>

<p>Irving was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress. Defeated for Democratic nomination in 1954 to the Eighty-fourth Congress. Labor organizer and later president of a labor union in Kansas City, Missouri. He died on March 8, 1962 in Washington, D.C., while on a business trip. He was interred in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Kansas City.</p>