US Congressman. He graduated from the law department of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee in 1891, and that same year became a practicing attorney in Hartsville. There he furthered his political ambitions as editor of a local newspaper. From 1895 to 1899 he was a member of the State House of Representatives, serving as Speaker in 1897; he was also State Superintendent of Public Instruction (1899 to 1903) and Chairman of the Democratic Party's State Executive Committee. Fitzpatrick was elected to represent Tennessee's 4th District in the Fifty-eighth Congress and served one term, from 1903 to 1905. He was not a candidate for renomination and held no other public office before his death in Nashville at 39.
US Congressman. He graduated from the law department of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee in 1891, and that same year became a practicing attorney in Hartsville. There he furthered his political ambitions as editor of a local newspaper. From 1895 to 1899 he was a member of the State House of Representatives, serving as Speaker in 1897; he was also State Superintendent of Public Instruction (1899 to 1903) and Chairman of the Democratic Party's State Executive Committee. Fitzpatrick was elected to represent Tennessee's 4th District in the Fifty-eighth Congress and served one term, from 1903 to 1905. He was not a candidate for renomination and held no other public office before his death in Nashville at 39.
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