Address by Mr. Roy O. Woodruff, of Michigan_ Memorial addresses in the House: Mr. Beverly M. Vincent, of Kentucky.... Mr. Virgil Chapman, of Kentucky.. Mr. Noble J. Gregory, of Kentucky. Mr. Brent Spence, of Kentucky.. Mr. William A. Pittenger, of Minnesota__ Mr. Alfred L. Bulwinkle, of North Carolina__ Biography MARVEL MILLS LOGAN was born on a farm near Brownsville, Edmonson County, Ky., January 7, 1875; educated in the public schools and in private schools at Leitchfield and Brownsville, Ky.; taught school and also conducted a training school for teachers; studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1896, and commenced practice in Brownsville, Ky.; served as chairman of the Edmonson County Democratic Executive Committee 1896-1912; chairman of the board of trustees of Brownsville 1897; served as county attorney of Edmonson County 1902-3; assistant attorney general of Kentucky 1912-15; served as attorney general of Kentucky 1915–17; chairman of the State Democratic convention in 1916; chairman of the Kentucky Tax Commission 1917-18; moved to Louisville, Ky., in 1918 and to Bowling Green, Ky., in 1922 and continued the practice of law; member of the State board of education, the State board of sinking fund commissioners, and the State board of printing commissioners; served as a justice of the Court of Appeals of Kentucky 1926-30 and as chief justice in 1931; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1930; reelected in 1936, and serve from March 4, 1931, until his death; appointed a member of Board of Regents, Smithsonian Institution in 1933; died in Washington, D. C., October 3, 1939; interment in the Logan family cemetery near Brownsville, Ky. |