U.S. Congressman. Born in Franklin, Tennessee, he graduated from Battle Ground Academy in 1907, attended Vanderbilt University, the Faculté de Droit of the Sorbonne France, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1911 and commenced practice in Franklin, Tennessee. He was the Franklin City judge (1915-17) and served as a First Lieutenant in the 117th Infantry, 13th Division, US Army during World War I. After the war, he resumed the practice of law, was Adjutant General of Tennessee, 1932, a member of the Tennessee National Guard in 1933, with rank of Brigadier General and served as circuit judge and chancellor of the seventeenth judicial circuit of Tennessee, (1933-39). In 1939, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Clarence W. Turner, was reelected to the Seventy-seventh and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1949. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law until his death at age 71.
U.S. Congressman. Born in Franklin, Tennessee, he graduated from Battle Ground Academy in 1907, attended Vanderbilt University, the Faculté de Droit of the Sorbonne France, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1911 and commenced practice in Franklin, Tennessee. He was the Franklin City judge (1915-17) and served as a First Lieutenant in the 117th Infantry, 13th Division, US Army during World War I. After the war, he resumed the practice of law, was Adjutant General of Tennessee, 1932, a member of the Tennessee National Guard in 1933, with rank of Brigadier General and served as circuit judge and chancellor of the seventeenth judicial circuit of Tennessee, (1933-39). In 1939, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Clarence W. Turner, was reelected to the Seventy-seventh and to the next three succeeding Congresses, serving until 1949. An unsuccessful candidate for re-nomination, he resumed the practice of law until his death at age 71.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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