{{Short description|American politician}} <!-- This article was automatically created by User:polbot from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=D000571. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. --> {{Infobox officeholder | image = CarlTDurham.jpg | caption = | state = North Carolina | district = 6th | party = Democratic | term_start = January 3, 1939 | term_end = January 3, 1961 | preceded = William B. Umstead | succeeded = Horace R. Kornegay | birth_name = Carl Thomas Durham | birth_date = {{birth date|1892|8|28}} | birth_place = Orange County, North Carolina, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1974|4|29|1892|8|28}} | death_place = Durham, North Carolina, U.S. | spouse = | children = | occupation = pharmacist | alma_mater = University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill }} '''Carl Thomas Durham''' (August 28, 1892 – April 29, 1974) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina.
== Early life and education == Born in Orange County, North Carolina, Durham attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
== Career == He was a pharmacist from 1912 to 1938. He served as a pharmacist's mate in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918. He served as a member of the city council of Chapel Hill, North Carolina from 1924 to 1932, and of the Orange County Board of Commissioners 1932 to 1938. He served as a member of the school board of Chapel Hill, North Carolina from 1924 to 1938. He was also a trustee of the University of North Carolina.
Durham was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth and to the ten succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1961). He served as chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, during which time he was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in ''Brown v. Board of Education''. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress. In 1964, retired and resided in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
== Death == He died in Durham, North Carolina, April 29, 1974. He was interred in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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