Vonno Lamar Gudger Jr. (April 30, 1919 – August 2, 2004) represented North Carolina's 11th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1981. Gudger, who was born in Asheville, had several degrees from the University of North Carolina, served in the United States Army Air Forces from 1942 to 1945, and subsequently became a lawyer, serving as solicitor for the state from 1952 to 1954. He was elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1951 to 1952 and a member of the North Carolina Senate from 1971 to 1977 before his election to the federal Congress. Following an unsuccessful 1980 reelection campaign, he served as a Buncombe County special superior court judge from 1984 to 1989.
He died on August 2, 2004, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.[1]
| North Carolina House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by
James Edgar Divelbiss, Jr. |
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Buncombe County 1951–1953 Served alongside: Roy Arthur Taylor, Claude L. Love |
Succeeded by
John Yates Jordan, Jr. |
| North Carolina Senate | ||
| Preceded by
Raymond Theodore Dent, Jr. |
Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 31st district 1971–1973 Served alongside: Irvin Cooper Crawford |
Succeeded by District abolished |
| Preceded by
Bobby Lee Combs |
Member of the North Carolina Senate from the 26th district 1973–1977 Served alongside: Irvin Cooper Crawford |
Succeeded by Robert Stringfield Swain |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 11th congressional district 1977–1981 |
Succeeded by |
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