Atkins Jefferson McLemore (1857 - 1929)

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Atkins Jefferson McLemore

Birth:	Mar. 13, 1857 Spring Hill (Maury County) Maury County Tennessee, USA
Death:	Mar. 4, 1929 Laredo Webb County Texas, USA
US Congressman. He was a successful Texas newspaper publisher and served in the State House of Representatives from 1892 to 1896. From 1900 to 1904, he was the secretary of the Democratic State executive committee. In 1915 he was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses, serving until 1919. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, he returned to the newspaper publishing business. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) Search Amazon for Atkins McLemore

Burial: Oakwood Cemetery Austin Travis County Texas, USA
Maintained by: Find A Grave Originally Created by: John "J-Cat" Griffith Record added: Feb 15, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 17940602