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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeEdward Ward CARMACK
(1858-1908)
Senate Years of Service:
1901-1907Party: DemocratCARMACK, Edward Ward, a
Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born near Castalian
Springs, Sumner County, Tenn., November 5, 1858; attended
Webb’s School, Culleoka, Tenn.; studied law; admitted to the
bar in 1879 and practiced in Columbia, Tenn.; city attorney of
Columbia 1881; elected to the State house of representatives 1884;
joined the staff of the Nashville Democrat in 1888; editor in chief
of the Nashville American when the papers were merged; editor of
the Memphis Commercial in 1892; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3,
1901); elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served
from March 4, 1901, to March 3, 1907; unsuccessful candidate in
1906 for reelection; resumed the practice of law; unsuccessful
candidate for nomination as Governor in 1908; resumed editorship of
the Nashville American; died in a gun fight in Nashville, Tenn.,
November 9, 1908; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia,
Tenn.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Faries, Clyde J.
“Carmack Versus Patterson: The Genesis of a Political
Feud.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly 38 (Fall 1979):
332-47; Majors, William. Editorial Wild Oats: Edward Carmack and
Tennessee Politics. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press,
1984.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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