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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeHarold Henderson EARTHMAN
(1900-1987)
EARTHMAN, Harold
Henderson, a Representative from Tennessee; born in
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tenn., April 13, 1900; attended
the public schools, Webb School at Bell Buckle, Tenn., Southern
Methodist University at Dallas, Tex., and the University of Texas
at Austin; during the First World War served in the United States
Army as a private and was assigned to the Student’s Army
Training Corps; moved to Nashville, Tenn., and engaged in the
banking business 1921-1925; was admitted to the bar in 1926 and
commenced the practice of law in Murfreesboro, Tenn.; also engaged
in agricultural pursuits; resumed the study of law and was
graduated from the law department of Cumberland University,
Lebanon, Tenn., in 1927; served in the State house of
representatives in 1931 and 1932; judge of Rutherford County,
Tenn., 1942-1945; associate administrator of war bonds for the
State of Tennessee 1940-1946; elected as a Democrat to the
Seventy-ninth Congress (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947);
unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946; resumed the
practice of law; owner of Earthman Enterprises; was a resident of
Murfreesboro, Tenn., until his death there on February 26, 1987;
interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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