district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name alma_mater
1st bill alexander , jr. 02 may 1979 west memphis , arkansas prairie , mississippi democratic party january 3 , 1969 william j. driver 10 november 1903 january 3 , 1939 ezekiel c. gathings
 arkansas ezekiel candler gathings university of alabama at tuscaloosa
ezekiel c. gathings

ezekiel candler `` took '' gathings -lrb- november 10 , 1903 -- may 2 , 1979 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from arkansas .
born in prairie , mississippi , gathings attended the public schools and the university of alabama at tuscaloosa .
he was graduated from the law department of the university of arkansas at fayetteville in 1929 .
he was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in helena , arkansas .
he moved to west memphis , arkansas , in 1932 and continued the practice of law .
he served in the state senate 1935 -- 1939 .
gathings was elected as a democrat to the seventy-sixth and to the fourteen succeeding congresses -lrb- january 3 , 1939 -- january 3 , 1969 -rrb- .
he was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to the ninety-first congress .
he resumed the practice of law .
he served as a member of west memphis , arkansas , port authority .
gathings resided in west memphis , arkansas , where he died may 2 , 1979 .
he was interred in crittenden memorial park , marion , arkansas .
