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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeWynne F. CLOUSE
(1883-1944)
CLOUSE, Wynne F., a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Goffton, near Cookeville,
Putnam County, Tenn., August 29, 1883; attended the public schools;
was graduated from Cleveland Hill Academy, Pleasant Hill, Tenn., in
1898 and from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1911;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1911 and commenced practice
in Cookeville, Tenn., in 1912; delegate to the Republican National
Conventions in 1916 and 1924; elected as a Republican to the
Sixty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1923); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1922 to the Sixty-eighth Congress;
resumed the practice of law in the city of Nashville; was appointed
receiver of the Tennessee Central Railroad Co.; served as special
assistant to the Attorney General of the United States in 1924;
appointed referee in bankruptcy for the Nashville division of the
middle district of Tennessee and served until his resignation in
January 1940; died in Franklin, Tenn., February 19, 1944; interment
in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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