Samuel Joelah Tribble

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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.

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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