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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeWilliam Wirt COURTNEY
(1889-1961)
COURTNEY, William Wirt, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Franklin, Williamson County,
Tenn., September 7, 1889; was graduated from Battle Ground Academy,
Franklin, Tenn., in 1907; attended Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tenn., and the Faculté de Droit of the Sorbonne,
Paris, France; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1911 and
commenced practice in Franklin, Tenn.; city judge 1915-1917;
enlisted in the United States Army as a private in the One Hundred
and Seventeenth Infantry, Thirtieth Division, in September 1917,
and was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant in June 1919;
resumed the practice of law in Franklin, Tenn.; adjutant general of
Tennessee in 1932; member of the Tennessee National Guard in 1933
with rank of brigadier general; served as circuit judge and
chancellor of the seventeenth judicial circuit of Tennessee
1933-1939; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of Clarence W. Turner;
reelected to the Seventy-seventh and to the three succeeding
Congresses and served from May 11, 1939, to January 3, 1949;
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1948; resumed the
practice of law; died in Franklin, Tenn., April 6, 1961; interment
in Mount Hope Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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