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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeWalter (Clift) CHANDLER
(1887-1967)
CHANDLER, Walter (Clift),
a Representative from Tennessee; born in Jackson, Madison County,
Tenn., October 5, 1887; attended the public schools and was
graduated from the law department of the University of Tennessee at
Knoxville in 1909; admitted to the bar the same year and commenced
practice in Memphis, Tenn.; assistant district attorney general in
1916; member of the State house of representatives in 1917; served
in the State senate 1921-1923; city attorney of Memphis 1928-1934;
served as a captain in the One Hundred and Fourteenth Field
Artillery, Thirtieth Division, American Expeditionary Forces, from
July 25, 1917, to April 19, 1919; delegate to the Democratic
National Conventions in 1940 and 1944; elected as a Democrat to the
Seventy-fourth, Seventy-fifth, and Seventy-sixth Congresses and
served from January 3, 1935, until his resignation on January 2,
1940, having been elected mayor of Memphis; reelected mayor in 1943
and served until September 1, 1946; resumed the practice of law;
temporary president, Tennessee constitutional convention, in 1953;
mayor of Memphis in 1955 for unexpired term; resided in Memphis,
Tenn., until his death there on October 1, 1967; interment in
Forest Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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