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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeMorgan Cassius FITZPATRICK
(1868-1908)
FITZPATRICK, Morgan
Cassius, a Representative from Tennessee; born near
Carthage, Smith County, Tenn., October 29, 1868; attended the
common schools and Lebanon (Ohio) University in 1887; was graduated
from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.,
in 1891; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced
practice in Hartsville, Tenn.; edited a newspaper at Hartsville;
member of the State house of representatives 1895-1899, serving as
speaker in 1897; State superintendent of public instruction
1899-1903; chairman of the Democratic State executive committee;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-eighth Congress (March 4,
1903-March 3, 1905); was not a candidate for renomination in 1904;
resumed the practice of law; died in Nashville, Tenn., June 25,
1908; interment in Gallatin Cemetery, Gallatin, Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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