Samuel Joelah Tribble
Samuel Joelah Tribble (born November 15, 1869 in Carnesville , Franklin County , Georgia , † December 8, 1916 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1911 and 1916 he represented the state of Georgia in the US House of Representatives .
Career
Samuel Tribble attended public schools in his home country and then studied at the University of Georgia in Athens . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1891, he began working in his new profession in Athens. Between 1899 and 1904 he was the city prosecutor in Athens; from 1904 to 1908 he practiced the same activity in the western judicial district of the state of Georgia.
Politically, Tribble was a member of the Democratic Party . In the congressional election of 1910 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the eighth constituency of Georgia, where he succeeded William Marcellus Howard on March 4, 1911 . After two re-elections, he could remain in Congress until his death on December 8, 1916 . At that time, the 16th and 17th amendments to the constitution were passed there. At the time of his death, Tribble had already been elected for another term in the House of Representatives, which he could no longer run.
Web links
- Samuel Joelah Tribble in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Samuel Joelah Tribble in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Tribble, Samuel Joelah |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1869 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | near Carnesville , Georgia |
DATE OF DEATH | December 8, 1916 |
Place of death | Washington, DC |