U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Union University, in 1914 and graduated from the law department of Cumberland University, in 1917. At the advent of World War I, he was a teacher when he joined the U.S. Army, serving (1918-19). After the war, he was admitted to the bar and established a private law practice in Jackson, Tennessee. Entering politics, he was district attorney general for the twelfth judicial circuit of Tennessee, (1922-33), chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Madison County, Tennessee, (1924-33) and the Solicitor of the Post Office Department at Washington, D.C., (1933-42). In 1943, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress and to the next eleven succeeding Congresses, serving until his resignation, in 1966. After leaving Congress, he lived in retirement until his death.
U.S. Congressman. He graduated from Union University, in 1914 and graduated from the law department of Cumberland University, in 1917. At the advent of World War I, he was a teacher when he joined the U.S. Army, serving (1918-19). After the war, he was admitted to the bar and established a private law practice in Jackson, Tennessee. Entering politics, he was district attorney general for the twelfth judicial circuit of Tennessee, (1922-33), chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Madison County, Tennessee, (1924-33) and the Solicitor of the Post Office Department at Washington, D.C., (1933-42). In 1943, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-eighth Congress and to the next eleven succeeding Congresses, serving until his resignation, in 1966. After leaving Congress, he lived in retirement until his death.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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