U.S. Congressman. Graduating from Tusculum College, in 1876, he studied law, was assistant clerk of Cocke County, (1877-78), was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced to practice law in Newport, Tennessee. He was a member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, (1881-83) and chief examiner in the General Land Office at Washington, D.C., (1889-93). In 1895, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress, serving until 1897. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he was founder-editor of Plain Talk newspaper and a member of the Newport City Council at the time of his death at age 49.
U.S. Congressman. Graduating from Tusculum College, in 1876, he studied law, was assistant clerk of Cocke County, (1877-78), was admitted to the bar in 1878 and commenced to practice law in Newport, Tennessee. He was a member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, (1881-83) and chief examiner in the General Land Office at Washington, D.C., (1889-93). In 1895, he was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress, serving until 1897. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he was founder-editor of Plain Talk newspaper and a member of the Newport City Council at the time of his death at age 49.
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