Background
Langston, John Dallas was born on March 22, 1881 in Aurora, North Carolina, United States. Son of George Dallas and Sallie Anne (Gibbs) Langston.
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John Dallas Langston
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AB, Trinity College (now Duke University), 1903. Student law department, University North Carolina, 1904.
Career
Began practice, Mount Olive, North Carolina member, Langston and Langston, Goldsboro, North Carolina.
Achievements
Politics
The state should not use its authority to promote particular religious beliefs, nor should it require prayer or worship in the public schools. However, the state should leave students free to practice their own religious convictions.
Views
Just as a human body contains different limbs and organs that depend on each other, so members of a Christian society should be close and caring enough to feel each other's pain and delight.
Membership
Chairman State Board Elections, 1927-1928. Chairman District Exemption Board for Eastern North Carolina, 1917. Chairman Planning Council, member executive oun., member interdependent committee legal affairs.
Chairman Presidential Appeal Board. Assistant sir. president appeals and advisory board Selective Service System. Lieutenant colonel Judge Advocate General Department, United States Army, 1917-1919.
Colonel research; colonel United States Army, 1940-1946. Member Duke University Alumni Association (president 1926-1927), Masons, Shriners, Omicron Delta KAppa, Pi Kappa Alpha.
Connections
Married Mary Williams Williamson, December 23, 1903. Children: John Dallas, William Dortch, Mary Williamson, Dorothy, Elizabeth Carolyn.
