Perkins Bass

Perkins Bass (October 6, 1912 – October 25, 2011) was an American elected official from the state of New Hampshire, including four terms as a U.S. representative from 1955 to 1963.

Perkins Bass
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by	Norris H. Cotton
Succeeded by	James Colgate Cleveland
Personal details
Born	(1912-10-06)October 6, 1912 East Walpole, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	October 25, 2011(2011-10-25) (aged 99) Peterborough, New Hampshire, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Children	Charles Bass

Biography

Bass was born on October 6, 1912, in East Walpole, Massachusetts. He was the eldest son of former New Hampshire Governor Robert P. Bass and First Lady Edith B. Bass. Bass attended Milton Academy, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1934, and from Harvard Law School. He practiced as a lawyer and served in the United States Army Air Forces in Asia during World War II. He was elected state representative in 1939, 1941, 1947, and 1951, and as state senator in 1949, all to two-year terms. Bass voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960, but voted present on the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

After serving four terms in the U.S. Congress, he ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in a 1962 special election. After defeating interim Senator Maurice J. Murphy Jr., Doloris Bridges, and Congressman Chester Merrow in the Republican primary, he was defeated in the general election by Democrat Thomas J. McIntyre. From 1972 to 1976, he served as a selectman of Peterborough, New Hampshire, where he lived until his death in 2011, aged 99.

Family

• Charles Bass, the U.S. representative from New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district (son)
• Robert P. Bass, the governor of New Hampshire from 1911 to 1913 (father)

References

• United States Congress. "Perkins Bass (id: B000222)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.