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Cox, Edward Eugene

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Cox, Edward Eugene (1880-1952)

US Democratic representative. A congressman 1925-52, he was a member of the powerful Rules Committee, and lead the Southern Democrats opposed to the New Deal.

He was born in Mitchell County, Georgia. He was a circuit court judge and lawyer in southwest Georgia. When the Federal Communications Commission charged him with violating federal law in 1943, he demanded their links to communism be investigated. Despite public outrage, he remained in Congress, successfully blocking progressive legislation.
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