 |
History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeBAILEY, James Edmund
(1822—1885)
Senate Years of Service:
1877-1881
Party:
Democrat
BAILEY, James Edmund, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Montgomery County, Tenn., August 15, 1822; attended the Clarksville Academy and the University of Nashville; studied law; admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Clarksville, Montgomery County; elected as a Whig to the Tennessee house of representatives in 1853; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as colonel of the Forty-ninth Tennessee Regiment; appointed a member of the court of arbitration by the Governor of Tennessee in 1874; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Andrew Johnson and served from January 19, 1877, to March 3, 1881; an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880; chairman, Committee on Education and Labor (Forty-sixth Congress); resumed the practice of law; died in Clarksville, Tenn., December 29, 1885; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
Bibliography
McCord, Franklin. “J. E. Bailey: A Gentleman of Clarksville.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly
23 (September 1964): 246-68; McKellar, Kenneth. “James Edmund Bailey,” in Tennessee Senators as Seen by One of their Successors
. Kingsport, Tenn.: Southern Publishers, Inc., 1942: 372-385.
McCord, Franklyn. “J.E. Bailey: A Gentleman of Clarksville.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly
23 (September 1964): 246-68.
McKellar, Kenneth. “James Edmund Bailey,” in Tennessee Senators as seen by one of their Successors
. Kingsport, Tenn.: Southern Publishers, Inc., 1942, 372-385.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
Related Links
|
|
