death_date death_place birth_place party office birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
15 august 1980 brownsville , kentucky brownsville , kentucky democratic united states house of representatives 28 march 1890 march 2 , 1937 beverly m. vincent
 january 3 , 1945 beverly m. vincent
beverly m. vincent

beverly mills vincent -lrb- march 28 , 1890 -- august 15 , 1980 -rrb- was a representative from kentucky .
he was born in brownsville , edmonson county , kentucky , march 28 , 1890 ; attended the public schools , western kentucky state teachers college at bowling green , and the law department of the university of kentucky at lexington ; was admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice in brownsville , ky. ; county judge of edmonson county , ky. , 1916-1918 .
during the first world war he served as a private in battery a , seventy-second field artillery , from august 27 , 1918 , to january 9 , 1919 .
during his life , he was assistant attorney general of kentucky in 1919 and 1920 ; member of the kentucky senate 1929-1933 ; presidential elector on the democratic ticket in 1932 ; attorney general of kentucky from 1936 until his resignation in march 1937 .
he was elected as a democrat to the seventy-fifth congress by special election , to fill the vacancy caused by the death of united states representative glover h. cary , and reelected to the three succeeding congresses -lrb- march 2 , 1937 -- january 3 , 1945 -rrb- .
in 1940 , congressman vincent struck congressman martin sweeney on the floor of the u.s. house of representatives as the house debated conscription issues during world war ii .
from time magazine , '' ... ancient doorkeeper joseph sinnot said it was the best blow he had heard in his 50 years in the house . ''
he was not a candidate for renomination for the seventy-ninth congress in 1944 ; pursued agricultural interests , and resumed the practice of law ; was a resident of brownsville , kentucky , until his death there on august 15 , 1980 .
