James Roy ROWLAND, Jr., Congress, GA (1926)

ROWLAND James Roy, Jr. , a Representative from Georgia; born in Wrightsville, Johnson County, Ga., February 3, 1926; attended Wrightsville Primary School; graduated from Wrightsville High School, 1943; attended Emory at Oxford, Oxford, Ga., 1943; South Georgia College, Douglas, 1946; University of Georgia, Athens, Ga., 1946-1948; M.D., Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Ga., 1952; United States Army, sergeant, 1944-1946; physician; member of the Georgia state house of representatives, 1976-1982; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1995); not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present