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PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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Contents

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Roll of deceased Members, read by Mr. Alney E. Chaffee,

reading clerk of the House___.

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Address by Mr. Jerry Voorhis, of California__
Address by Mr. Karl E. Mundt, of South Dakota_-

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Benediction by the Chaplain___.

Memorial addresses in the House:

Mr. Louis Ludlow, of Indiana_.
Mr. William P. Elmer, of Missouri__
Mr. Raymond S. Springer, of Indiana....
Mr. William Lemke, of North Dakota__

Mr. George W. Gillie, of Indiana..

Memorial exercises in the Senate:

Prayer by Rev. Bernard Braskamp.......

Address by Mr. Raymond E. Willis, of Indiana....
Address by Mr. Carl A. Hatch, of New Mexico_.
Address by Mr. Dennis Chavez, of New Mexico_‒‒‒

Proceedings in the Senate:

Prayer by Rev. Frederick Brown Harris..
Tribute by Mr. Raymond E. Willis, of Indiana....
Tribute by Mr. Alben W. Barkley, of Kentucky..
Tribute by Mr. John A. Danaher, of Connecticut_.
Tribute by Mr. James J. Davis, of Pennsylvania....
Tribute by Mr. Carl A. Hatch, of New Mexico___.
Tribute by Mr. Tom Connally, of Texas-----

Tribute by Mr. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, of Wyoming..

Proceedings in the House:

Tribute by Mr. Louis Ludlow, of Indiana__

Tribute by Mr. Raymond S. Springer, of Indiana....

Tribute by Mr. George W. Gillie, of Indiana__

Tribute by Mr. Robert A. Grant, of Indiana....
Tribute by Mr. Earl Wilson, of Indiana__
Tribute by Mr. Ray J. Madden, of Indiana.......

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Tribute by Mr. John W. McCormack, of Massachusetts____ 90

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Biography

FREDERICK VAN NUYS was born in Falmouth, Rush County, Ind., April 16, 1874; attended the public schools; was graduated from Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., in 1898 and from the Indiana Law School at Indianapolis, Ind., in 1900; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Shelbyville, Ind., moving shortly afterward to Anderson, Ind.; served as prosecuting attorney of Madison County, Ind., 1906–1910; member of the State senate 19131916, serving as president pro tempore in 1915; moved to Indianapolis, Ind., in 1916, and continued the practice of law; chairman of the Democratic State committee 1917-1918; served as United States attorney, district of Indiana, 19201922; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1932 and reelected in 1938, and served from March 4, 1933, until his death on a farm near Vienna, Fairfax County, Va., on January 25, 1944; interment in East Maplewood Cemetery, Anderson, Ind.