Home About Chat Users Issues Party Candidates Polling Firms Media News Polls Calendar Key Races United States President Senate House Governors International

New User Account
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource." 
Email: Password:

  Preyer, L. Richardson
CANDIDATE DETAILS
AffiliationDemocratic  
  1979-01-01  
 
NameL. Richardson Preyer
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born January 11, 1919
DiedApril 03, 2001 (82 years)
ContributorUser 490
Last ModifedChronicler
Jan 11, 2025 07:15pm
Tags Navy - Presbyterian -
InfoLunsford Richardson Preyer

born in Greensboro, Guilford County, N.C., January 11, 1919; graduated from Woodberry Forest High School, Woodberry Forest, Va.; A.B., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., 1941; L.L.B., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1949; United States Navy, 1941-1946; city judge, 1953-1954; North Carolina state superior court judge, 1956-1961; United States District Court Judge, 1961-1963; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of North Carolina in 1964; senior vice president, trust officer, city executive of North Carolina National Bank, Greensboro, N.C., 1964-1966

US Representative (D-NC) 1969-1981; chairman, Select Committee on Ethics (Ninety-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-seventh Congress in 1980

Was a resident of Greensboro, N.C. until his death on April 3, 2001, in Greensboro, N.C.; interment in Green Hill Cemetery, Greensboro, N.C.

[Link]

JOB APPROVAL POLLS

BOOKS
Title Purchase Contributor

EVENTS
Start Date End Date Type Title Contributor

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor

DISCUSSION
 
WmP:879Chronicler ( 84.4516 points)
Sat, January 11, 2025 10:52:23 PM UTC0:00
I took a class at UNC-G that he taught in the late 1980s. The older students called him Judge Preyer rather than Representative. On the last day of the class, I gave a presentation about the HSCA findings since he served on that committee.

Importance? 7.00000 Average

FAMILY

INFORMATION LINKS
RACES
  11/04/1980 NC District 6 Lost 48.94% (-2.11%)
  05/06/1980 NC District 6 - D Primary Won 79.95% (+59.90%)
  11/07/1978 NC District 6 Won 68.40% (+36.80%)
  11/02/1976 NC District 06 Won 96.31% (+94.33%)
  11/05/1974 NC District 06 Won 63.66% (+27.72%)
  11/07/1972 NC District 6 Won 93.91% (+87.81%)
  11/03/1970 NC District 6 Won 65.98% (+37.29%)
  11/05/1968 NC District 6 Won 53.64% (+7.28%)
  06/27/1964 NC Governor - D Runoff Lost 37.95% (-24.10%)
  05/30/1964 NC Governor - D Primary Won 36.59% (+3.06%)
ENDORSEMENTS