Albert, Carl Bert
(b. North McAlester, Oklahoma, 10 May 1908; d. 4 Apr. 2000) US; member of the US House of Representatives 1947–77, Speaker 1971–7 Carl Albert came from a relatively poor family of German descent in the mining area of Oklahoma. After attending the University of Oklahoma, he won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford, where he studied law. After a brief spell in F. D.
Roosevelt's
Federal Housing Administration (1935–7) and in the Ohio Oil Co. (1939–40), he practised law until the Second World War broke out. During the war he served in the army until 1946 when he won a seat in the House of Representatives.
Albert was fortunate in that his first ...