OFFICIAL MANUAL STATE OF MISSOURI 1939-1940 Legislative Department Members House of Representatives Page 77 SUGGETT LOUIS EDWARDS (Democrat), Representative from Audrain County; born July 23, 1906, in Callaway County, Mo.; educated in the public schools of Missouri, Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Mo., and Washington University, St. Louis. He is single and resides in Mexico, Mo., where he is engaged in the publishing business. Has held various newspaper and publication positions and at one time was connected with the Globe-Democrat in St. Louis. Entering political activities in 1934, he organized the Young Democrats' Club of Audrain County and served as its first chairman. In the same year he was active in the primary in behalf of J. L. Milligan. He also was chairman of organization in that county in the 1936 campaign, and chairman of the Ninth District Young Democratic Club in 1937. In the 1938 general election, he served as director of the Speakers' Bureau at Democratic Headquarters in Jefferson City. In 1938, he was appointed a member of the Revision Commission by the governor, on which he served three months. First elected to the House of Representatives in 1936, he served in the 59th General Assembly and was re-elected in 1938, serving in the 60th General Assembly as chairman of Probation and Parole Committee, and also as a member of the following other committees: Appropriations; University of Missouri; Penitentiary and Reform Schools; Social Security and Old Age Assistance; Labor. Norma