Fats Everett

Fats Everett

Robert Ashton "Fats" Everett (born February 24, 1915 in Union City , Obion County , Tennessee , †  January 26, 1969 in Nashville , Tennessee) was an American politician . Between 1958 and 1969 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Fats Everett attended public schools in his home country and then, through 1936, Murray State College in Kentucky . Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . From 1936 to 1938 he was a member of the Obion County Commission . Then he worked in the administration of the local district court. During World War II , Everett served in the US Army between 1942 and 1945 . After the war, he was on the advisory board of US Senator Tom Stewart from 1945 to 1949 . He then served on the staff of Governor Gordon Browning until 1952 . From 1954 to 1958, Everett was a board member of the Tennessee County Services Association .

After the death of MP Jere Cooper , Fats Everett was elected as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he took up his new mandate on February 1, 1958, in the by-election for the eighth seat of Tennessee . After six re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on January 26, 1969 . During this time the civil rights movement reached its peak and the Vietnam War began . During Everett's tenure as Congressman, the 23rd , 24th, and 25th amendments were passed. After a by-election, Everett's mandate fell to Ed Jones .

Web links

• Fats Everett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Fats Everett in the database of Find a Grave (English)