Andrew L. Todd

Andrew Lee Todd (born July 27, 1872 in Rutherford County , Tennessee , †  March 24, 1945 in Murfreesboro , Tennessee) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1921, as President of the State Senate, he was the de facto lieutenant governor of the state of Tennessee, although this office was not formally introduced until 1951.

Career

Andrew Todd studied at Union University in Jackson and then taught as a teacher for several years. He was admitted to the bar after studying law at the University of the South at Sewanee and Cumberland University . It is not known whether he actually practiced this profession. Between 1900 and 1907 he served as a school council in Rutherford County. Between 1905 and 1915 he served on the Education Committee of the Tennessee State Government. In addition to his political activities, he was also a successful businessman. He founded the 320 acre Toddington Farm , on which he raised the Aberdeen Angus breed of cattle . Between 1913 and 1929 he was president of Murfreesboro Bank & Trust Co . He also worked in the newspaper industry. He bought two local newspapers and merged them under the name The Daily News Journal .

Politically, Todd was a member of the Democratic Party . In 1924 and 1928 he was a substitute delegate to the respective Democratic National Conventions . From 1913 to 1915 and again from 1921 to 1923 he was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives ; from 1915 to 1917 and from 1919 to 1921 he sat in the State Senate, where he was its President from 1919. He was then speaker of the House of Representatives from 1921 to 1923 . In 1919, Todd was named deputy to Governor Albert H. Roberts as President of the State Senate . He thus actually held the office of lieutenant governor. This post was or is constitutionally anchored in most other states; in Tennessee this has only been the case since 1951. In 1920 Todd gave the decisive vote for the adoption of the 19th Amendment by the state of Tennessee. It was about the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

After his political activities, he continued his previous private activities. Andrew Todd died in Murfreesboro on March 24, 1945.

Web links

• Andrew L. Todd at The Political Graveyard
• Andrew Todd on the list of President of the Tennessee House of Representatives
• Andrew Todd's death report