Elton Watkins
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Elton Watkins | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 3rd district | |
| In office March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925 | |
| Preceded by | Clifton N. McArthur |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Edgar Crumpacker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 6, 1881 |
| Died | June 24, 1956 (aged 74) |
| Resting place | Greenwood Hills Cemetery |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Daniela Ruth Sturgis |
Elton Watkins (July 6, 1881 – June 24, 1956) was an American lawyer who served one term as a Congressman representing Oregon's 3rd congressional district for one term from 1923 to 1925. The son of a Confederate soldier, Watkins also served as an assistant U.S. Attorney.
Watkins was born in Newton, Mississippi on July 6, 1881.[1] His father was a veteran of the Confederate Army, and the younger Watkins was educated at the Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee before attending college at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, where he graduated in 1910 with a Bachelor of Arts.[1] Watkins then went on to law school at Georgetown where he earned an LL.B.[1] Then in 1912, he graduated with a master's degree from George Washington University Law School. During part of his time in Washington, DC he worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation.[2]
