Andrew J. May

Andrew Jackson May was a Kentucky attorney and influential New Dealera politician, best known for his chairmanship of the House Military Affairs Committee during World War II, and his subsequent conviction for bribery. May was a Democratic member of United States House of Representatives from Kentucky during the Seventysecond to Seventyninth sessions of Congress.

May was born on Beaver Creek, near Prestonsburg in Floyd County, Kentucky, on June 24, 1875. On June 25, 1898, he and his twin brother William H. May graduated from Southern Normal University Law School in Huntingdon, Tennessee , and was admitted to the bar the same year, commencing his law practice in Prestonsburg. May and his brother formed the law firm of May160amp160May which was not dissolved until the death of his brother on February 20, 1921. May was county attorney of Floyd County, Kentucky, 19011909 special judge of the circuit court of Johnson and Martin Counties in 1925 and 1926. During this time, May also engaged in Democratic Party politics, agricultural pursuits, coal mining and banking.

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