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U.S. House Journals of William H. Natcher

U.S. House Journals of William H. Natcher

William Huston Natcher (1909-1994) was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Western Kentucky State College (Western Kentucky University) in 1930 and his law degree from Ohio State University in 1933. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He held the position of county attorney for Warren County from 1938 to 1950 and commonwealth attorney from 1951 to 1953. Natcher was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 August 1953, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Garrett L. Withers. Natcher opened his own mail, didn’t miss a vote, and he never accepted campaign contributions from anybody, even his closest friends.

By January of 1991, Natcher held the record for consecutive votes cast in the U.S. House of Representatives: 4,191 quorum calls and 12,644 roll-call votes. For Natcher’s career as an outstanding public servant, President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Citizens Medal in 1994. He kept a detailed journal that his staff typed and had bound in leather volumes. In them he makes cogent comments about his legislative colleagues and about political and social issues. These journals are owned by Western Kentucky University. Natcher died in Bethesda, Maryland, on 29 March 1994 and was buried in Bowling Green’s Fairview Cemetery. Natcher married Virginia Reardon on 17 June 1937; they had two children, Celeste and Louise.

Submissions from 1993 1993

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 59, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1992 1992

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 58, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1991 1991

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 57, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1990 1990

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 56, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journals of William H. Natcher, vol. 55, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1988 1988

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 54, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1987 1987

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 53, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1986 1986

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 52, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1985 1985

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 51, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1984 1984

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 50, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1983 1983

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 49, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1982 1982

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 47, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 48, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1981 1981

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 46, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1980 1980

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 45, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1979 1979

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 44, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1978 1978

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 42, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 43, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1977 1977

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 41, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1976 1976

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 40, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1975 1975

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 38, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 39, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1974 1974

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 36, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 37, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1973 1973

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 33, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 34, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 35, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1972 1972

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 31, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 32, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1971 1971

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 30, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1970 1970

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 27, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 28, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 29, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1969 1969

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 26, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1968 1968

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 25, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1967 1967

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 23, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 24, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1966 1966

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 21, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 22, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1965 1965

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 20, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1964 1964

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 19, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1963 1963

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 17, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 18, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1962 1962

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 15, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 16, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1961 1961

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 14, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1960 1960

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 12, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 13, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1959 1959

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 11, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1958 1958

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 10, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 9, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1957 1957

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 8, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1956 1956

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 7, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1955 1955

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 4, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 5, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 6, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1954 1954

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 1, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 2, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vol. 3, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Submissions from 1953 1953

Index to U.S. House Journal of William H. Natcher, vols. 1-39, Manuscripts & Folklife Archives