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PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

Biography.

Contents

Memorial services in the House:

Order of exercises---

Prayer by Rev. James Shera Montgomery-

Roll of deceased Members, read by Mr. Patrick J. Haltigan,

reading clerk of the House__

Address by Mr. John Young Brown, of Kentucky----

Address by Mr. Allen T. Treadway, of Massachusetts---

Benediction by the Chaplain----

Memorial addresses:

Mr. John D. Dingell, of Michigan.......

Mr. George A. Dondero, of Michigan_

Mr. George G. Sadowski, of Michigan..

Mr. John Taber, of New York..

Mr. John C. Lehr, of Michigan..

Mr. Clarence J. McLeod, of Michigan_.

Mr. Roy O. Woodruff, of Michigan.__

Mr. Harry W. Musselwhite, of Michigan_-_-

Mr. Richard B. Wigglesworth, of Massachusetts___

Mr. Carl E. Mapes, of Michigan_-_-

Proceedings in the House_-_

Proceedings in the Senate____.

Biography

JOSEPH LAWRENCE HOOPER was born in Cleveland, Ohio, December 22, 1877; moved with his parents to Wellsville, Columbiana County, Ohio, in 1883 and to Battle Creek, Mich., in 1891; attended the graded and high schools; studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1899, and commenced practice in Battle Creek; circuit court commissioner of Calhoun County 1901-3; prosecuting attorney of Calhoun County 1903-7; city attorney of Battle Creek 1916-18; elected as a Republican to the Sixty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Arthur B. Williams; reelected to the Seventieth, Seventy-first, Seventy-second, and Seventy-third Congresses, and served from August 18, 1925, until his death, in Washington, D.C., February 22, 1934; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Battle Creek, Mich.