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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJames Edmund BAILEY
(1822-1885)
Senate Years of Service:
1877-1881Party: DemocratBAILEY, 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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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