Background
Martin Dies was born in Colorado, Texas, United States on November 5, 1901 to Martin Dies Sr. , who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1909 to 1919.
Martin Dies was born in Colorado, Texas, United States on November 5, 1901 to Martin Dies Sr. , who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1909 to 1919.
He attended Wesley College and the University of Texas. In 1920 he gained a law degree from the National University of Washington, D. C.
He practiced law in Texas until he was elected as a Democrat to the U. S. House of Representatives in 1930. As a member of the powerful House Rules Committee he supported New Deal measures during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term in office. During Roosevelt's second term, however, Dies followed the lead of his fellow Texan, Vice-President John N. Garner, and opposed the proposed reorganization of the U. S. Supreme Court and other Roosevelt proposals. Declining to seek reelection in 1944, Dies returned to Texas to practice law. He again served in Congress from 1953 to 1959 before again returning to private law practice.
House Rules Committee
