Philip D. McCulloch

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Philip Doddridge McCulloch (born June 23, 1851 in Murfreesboro , Tennessee , † November 26, 1928 in Marianna , Arkansas ) was an American politician . Between 1893 and 1903 he represented the first constituency of the state of Arkansas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Philip McCulloch attended private schools in Trenton , Gibson County , Tennessee. He then attended Andrew College in the same city . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1872, he began practicing his new profession in Trenton. In February 1874 he moved to Marianna, Arkansas, where he also worked as a lawyer.

In 1878, McCulloch became a district attorney for the Arkansas State First Judicial District. He held this office until 1884. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1875 and 1893 he served as party chairman in Lee County . In 1875 he was elected mayor of Marianna, but he did not accept this office. McCulloch was also on that town's school board. In 1890 he was a delegate to the Arkansas Democratic Party Convention.

In 1892 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first district of Arkansas , where he replaced William H. Cate on March 4, 1893 . After he was re-elected in the following four congressional elections, McCulloch was able to complete five terms in Congress by March 3, 1903 . In the run-up to the elections in 1902, he decided not to run again. In the following years McCulloch worked again as a lawyer in Marianna, where he died in 1928.

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SURNAME McCulloch, Philip D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McCulloch, Philip Doddridge (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Murfreesboro , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1928
Place of death Marianna , Arkansas