# Alfred L. Bulwinkle

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{{Short description|American politician (1883–1950)}}<!-- This article was automatically created by [User:polbot](/source/User%3Apolbot) from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001056. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name             = Alfred L. Bulwinkle
|image            = Alfred Bulwinkle.png
|office           = Member of the [U.S. House of Representatives](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from North Carolina
|term_start       = March 4, 1921
|term_end         = March 3, 1929
|predecessor      = [Clyde R. Hoey](/source/Clyde_R._Hoey)
|successor        = [Charles A. Jonas](/source/Charles_A._Jonas)
|constituency     = {{ushr|NC|9|9th district}}
|term_start1      = March 4, 1931
|term_end1        = August 31, 1950
|predecessor1     = Charles A. Jonas (9th)<br/>[Zebulon Weaver](/source/Zebulon_Weaver) (10th & 11th)
|successor1       = [Robert L. Doughton](/source/Robert_L._Doughton) (9th)<br/>[Cameron Morrison](/source/Cameron_Morrison) (10th)<br/>[Woodrow W. Jones](/source/Woodrow_W._Jones) (11th)
|constituency1    = {{ushr|NC|9|9th district}} (1931-33)<br/>{{ushr|NC|10|10th district}} (1933-43)<br/>{{ushr|NC|11|11th district}} (1943-50)
|birth_date       = {{Birth date|1883|04|21}}
|birth_place      = [Charleston, South Carolina](/source/Charleston%2C_South_Carolina), U.S.
|death_date       = {{Death date and age|1950|08|31|1883|04|21}}
|death_place      = [Gastonia, North Carolina](/source/Gastonia%2C_North_Carolina), U.S.
|resting_place    = Oakwood Cemetery
|resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|35|15|41|N|81|11|18|W|region:US-NC_type:landmark|name=Alfred Bulwinkle Burial Site}}
|party            = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
|alma_mater       = [University of North Carolina](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill)
|allegiance       = United States
|branch           = North Carolina National Guard
|service_years    = 1909–1917
|rank             = Major
|unit             = Second Battalion, One Hundred and Thirteenth Field Artillery, Fifty-fifth Brigade, Thirtieth Division, American Expeditionary Forces
|battles          = [World War I](/source/World_War_I)
}}
'''Alfred Lee Bulwinkle''' (April 21, 1883 – August 31, 1950) was a [U.S. representative](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina).

==Early life==
Born in [Charleston, South Carolina](/source/Charleston%2C_South_Carolina), Bulwinkle moved with his parents to [Dallas, North Carolina](/source/Dallas%2C_North_Carolina), in 1891.
He attended the common schools. He studied law at the [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill). He was admitted to the bar in 1904 and commenced practice in [Dallas, North Carolina](/source/Dallas%2C_North_Carolina). He served as prosecuting attorney for the municipal court of Gastonia 1913–1916. He served as captain in Company B, [First Infantry, North Carolina](/source/First_Infantry%2C_North_Carolina) National Guard from 1909 to 1917. He served on the Mexican border in 1916 and 1917.
<!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->During the First World War served as a major in command of the Second Battalion, One Hundred and Thirteenth Field Artillery, Fifty-fifth Brigade, Thirtieth Division, American Expeditionary Forces.

==Political career==
Bulwinkle was elected as a [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) to the Sixty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress, losing to [Charles A. Jonas](/source/Charles_A._Jonas).

Two years later, Bulwinkle defeated Jonas and was elected to the Seventy-second Congress. He served in nine succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1931, until his death. He served as chairman of the Committee on Memorials (Seventy-sixth Congress). In 1938, he was key to passing the [La Follette–Bulwinkle Act](/source/La_Follette%E2%80%93Bulwinkle_Act) which sanctioned federal assistance to U.S. states establishing preventive healthcare for venereal diseases.

He served as delegate to the International Aviation Conference at [Chicago, Illinois](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois), in 1944. In 1947, he was the United States adviser, International Civil Aviation Organization at Montreal, Canada, and Geneva, Switzerland.

He died in [Gastonia, North Carolina](/source/Gastonia%2C_North_Carolina), August 31, 1950, of [multiple myeloma](/source/multiple_myeloma).<ref>Death Brings End to Career of Representative Bulwinkle; The Gastonia Gazette; Page 1: September 1, 1950</ref>
He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

==See also==
* [List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1950–1999)](/source/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_who_died_in_office_(1950%E2%80%931999))

==References==
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==External links==
{{CongBio|B001056}}
*{{Find a Grave|8060048|Alfred Lee Bulwinkle|accessdate=September 3, 2010}}
* [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b544703;view=1up;seq=7 Memorial services held in the House of Representatives together with remarks presented in eulogy of Alfred Lee Bulwinkle, late a representative from North Carolina]

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{{US House succession box | state=North Carolina | district=11 | before=[Zebulon Weaver](/source/Zebulon_Weaver) | after=[Woodrow W. Jones](/source/Woodrow_W._Jones) | years=1943–1950}}
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