David D. Terry
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David Dickson Terry (January 31, 1881 - October 6, 1963) was a U.S. Representative from Arkansas, son of William Leake Terry.
Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, Terry attended the public schools, the Bethel Military Academy in Fauquier County, Virginia, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He was graduated from the law department of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1903. Later attended the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in Little Rock, Arkansas. During the First World War enlisted on June 5, 1918, later commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry, and was discharged on December 20, 1918. He served as member of the Little Rock School Board 1929-1933. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1933.
Terry was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Heartsill Ragon. He was reelected to the Seventy-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from December 19, 1933, to January 3, 1943. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1942, but was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination for United States Senator. He engaged in the practice of law. He served as director of the Division of Flood Control Water and Soil Conservation of the Arkansas Resources and Development Commission 1945-1953. He died in Little Rock, Arkansas, October 6, 1963. He was interred in Mount Holly Cemetery.
