William Charles Salmon

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William Charles Salmon

William Charles Salmon (born April 3, 1868 in Paris , Tennessee , †  May 13, 1925 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1923 and 1925 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Salmon attended his homeland public schools, Edgewood Normal School and Dickinson College . He then studied at Valparaiso University in Indiana . After studying law at Cumberland University in Lebanon and being admitted to the bar in 1897, he began working in his new profession in Columbia . For six years he taught as a teacher in public and private schools. Salmon also worked in agriculture. In 1908 he was appointed special judge in the eleventh judicial district of his state. Between 1912 and 1922, Salmon headed the Columbia City Education Committee. However, this time was interrupted by his military service during the First World War. During the war he commanded an artillery unit.

Politically, William Salmon was a member of the Democratic Party . In the 1922 congressional elections he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the seventh constituency of Tennessee, where he succeeded Clarence W. Turner on March 4, 1923 . Until March 3, 1925 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . Salmon died just a few weeks after his legislative term ended on May 13, 1925 in the federal capital Washington. He was buried in Columbia.

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SURNAME Salmon, William Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH near Paris , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1925
Place of death Washington, DC