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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, in Asheville and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

North Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded by James Edgar Divelbiss, Jr. Leslie Harold McDaniel	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. Dr. John Clingman Young
North Carolina Senate
Preceded by Raymond Theodore Dent, Jr. Bruce Burry Briggs	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 Norman Hepler Joyner	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 Roy A. Taylor	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina's 11th congressional district 1977–1981	Succeeded by William Martin Hendon

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