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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJohn Wesley GAINES
(1860-1926)
GAINES, John Wesley, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Wrencoe, near Nashville,
Davidson County, Tenn., August 24, 1860; attended private and
public schools, in which he also taught; studied law at home;
studied medicine, and was graduated from the University of
Nashville and from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., in
1882; never practiced medicine, but the day after graduation
resumed the study of law; was admitted to the bar in 1884 and
commenced practice in Nashville in 1885; elected as a Democrat to
the Fifty-fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1897-March 3, 1909); unsuccessful for reelection in 1908 to the
Sixty-first Congress; practiced law in Nashville, Tenn., where he
died July 4, 1926; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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