Weatherford, Zadoc Lorenzo

Weatherford, Zadoc Lorenzo, a Representative from Alabama; born on a farm in Marion County, Ala., near Vina, Franklin County, February 4, 1888; attended the public schools; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Tennessee at Memphis in 1914; served as an interne in St. Joseph Hospital, Memphis, Tenn., 1914-1916; moved to Red Bay, Ala., in 1916 and commenced general medical practice; during the First World War served from August 26, 1917, as battalion surgeon in the Three Hundred and Twenty-sixth Infantry and was discharged on October 6, 1920; severely wounded in Argonne Forest, France, and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal; was subdistrict medical officer, United States Veterans’ Bureau, Montgomery, Ala., 1922-1924; resumed medical practice in Red Bay, Ala.; also interested in banking and agricultural pursuits, with farming interests in both Alabama and Mississippi; served in the State senate from 1939 until elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William B. Bankhead and served from November 5, 1940, to January 3, 1941; was not a candidate for the full term; resumed his medical practice and other former pursuits; mayor of Red Bay, Ala., 1945-1948; vice chairman Franklin County Democratic Committee since 1933; is a resident of Red Bay, Ala.