district succeeded death_date death_place birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name restingplace alma_mater
ohio 16 16th william r. thom john mcsweeney 05 october 1971 canton , ohio cadiz , ohio republican january 3 , 1945 january 3 , 1949 william r. thom william r. thom 25 october 1893 january 3 , 1943 january 3 , 1947 henderson h. carson
 ohio henderson haverfield carson west lawn cemetery cleveland law school baldwin -- wallace college
henderson h. carson

henderson haverfield carson -lrb- october 25 , 1893 -- october 5 , 1971 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio .
born on a farm near cadiz , ohio , carson attended the public and high schools .
cleveland -lrb- ohio -rrb- law school and baldwin-wallace college at berea , ohio , ll.b. , 1919 .
he became affiliated with the legal department of the pennsylvania railroad co. in 1915 .
enlisted in the field artillery in 1918 .
he was transferred to base hospital , one hundred and nineteenth unit , camp zachary taylor , kentucky , and served there until honorably discharged in 1919 as a corporal .
he was admitted to the bar in 1919 and commenced practice in canton , ohio , in 1922 .
he served as member of the faculty of mckinley law school 1926-1942 , where he received his j.d. degree .
carson was elected as a republican to the seventy-eighth congress -lrb- january 3 , 1943 -- january 3 , 1945 -rrb- .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1944 to the seventy-ninth congress .
carson was elected to the eightieth congress -lrb- january 3 , 1947 -- january 3 , 1949 -rrb- .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the eighty-first congress .
he resumed the practice of law in canton , ohio , and washington , d.c. .
resided in canton , ohio , where he died october 5 , 1971 .
he was interred in west lawn cemetery .
