Lemuel P. Padgett

Lemuel P. Padgett

Lemuel Phillips Padgett (born November 28, 1855 in Columbia , Maury County , Tennessee , †  August 2, 1922 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1901 and 1922 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Lemuel Padgett first attended private schools in his home country. In 1876 he graduated from Erskine College in Due West ( South Carolina ). After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1877, he began to work in Columbia in his new profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1899 and 1901, Padgett was a member of the Tennessee Senate .

In the 1900 congressional election , Padgett was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the seventh constituency of Tennessee, where he succeeded Nicholas N. Cox on March 4, 1901 . After ten re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on August 2, 1922 . During this time the First World War fell . Between 1913 and 1920, the 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th amendments to the Constitution were passed in Congress. From 1911 to 1919 Lemuel Padgett was chairman of the naval committee.

Web links

• Lemuel P. Padgett in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Lemuel P. Padgett in the database of Find a Grave (English)