18 Facts About Carl Vinson

Carl Vinson was an American politician who served in the US House of Representatives for over 50 years and was influential in the 20th century expansion of the US Navy.

Carl Vinson was a member of the Democratic Party and represented Georgia in the House from 1914 to 1965.

Carl Vinson was known as "The Father of the Two-Ocean Navy".

Carl Vinson is the longest-serving member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Georgia.

Carl Vinson graduated with a law degree from Mercer University in 1902 and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order.

Carl Vinson was the youngest member of Congress when he was sworn in on November 3,1914.

Carl Vinson served as a Representative from November 3,1914, to January 3,1965.

Carl Vinson was repeatedly re-elected by Democratic voters for this seat.

Carl Vinson joined the House Naval Affairs Committee shortly after World War I and became the ranking Democratic member in the early 1920s.

Carl Vinson was the only Democrat appointed to the Morrow Board, which reviewed the status of aviation in America in the mid-1920s.

In 1931, Carl Vinson became chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee.

Carl Vinson later was primarily responsible for additional naval expansion legislation, the Naval Act of 1938 and the Third Carl Vinson Act of 1940, as well as the Two-Ocean Navy Act of 1940.

Carl Vinson did not seek re-election in 1964 and retired from Congress in January 1965.

Carl Vinson did not have children, but his great-nephew, Sam Nunn, served as a Senator from Georgia for more than 24 years.

Carl Vinson returned to Baldwin County, Georgia, where he lived in retirement until his death on June 1,1981.

Carl Vinson is buried in Memory Hill Cemetery in Milledgeville, Georgia.

Carl Vinson served 26 consecutive terms in the US House, rarely running against significant opposition.

Carl Vinson served for 50 years and one month, a record that stood until 1992, when the mark was surpassed by Jamie Whitten of Mississippi.