Nathan L. Bachman

Nathan L. Bachman

Nathan Lynn Bachman (born August 8, 1878 in Chattanooga , Tennessee , † April 23, 1937 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party .

A native of the eastern part of Tennessee Bachman visited several universities, including the Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville , the Central University in Richmond ( Kentucky ) and Washington and Lee University in Lexington . He later returned to Tennessee at the Law School of the University of Chattanooga back before he finally at the 1903 University of Virginia graduate. In the same year he began working as a lawyer in Chattanooga.

From 1906 to 1908, Bachman was the Chattanooga City Prosecutor; from 1912 to 1918 he was a judge at the county court in Hamilton County . In 1918 he became an associate judge at the Tennessee Supreme Court , which he remained until 1924 when he ran for a seat in the US Senate . After his election defeat, he returned to practice as a lawyer.

On February 28, 1933, Nathan Bachman finally entered the Senate. He was Governor Harry Hill McAlister been appointed, the term of office of the new US Secretary of State appointed Cordell Hull to end. In November 1934 he was confirmed in a by-election; In 1936 he finally received the vote for a full term of his own. However, this had hardly started when he died on April 23, 1937.

In honor of Nathan Bachman, a tunnel on US Highway 41 , which connects his hometown Chattanooga with the neighboring town of East Ridge , was named Bachman Tubes .

Web links

• Nathan L. Bachman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)