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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—AlabamaGeorge HUDDLESTON
(1869-1960)
HUDDLESTON, George,
(father of George Huddleston, Jr.), a Representative from Alabama;
born on a farm near Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., November 11,
1869; attended the common schools; studied law at Cumberland
University, Lebanon, Tenn.; was admitted to the bar in 1891 and
practiced in Birmingham, Ala., until 1911, when he retired from
practice; during the Spanish-American War served as a private in
the First Regiment, Alabama Volunteer Infantry; elected as a
Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the ten succeeding Congresses
(March 4, 1915-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for
renomination in 1936; died in Birmingham, Ala., February 29, 1960;
interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
Bibliography
Barnard, William D. “George Huddleston, Sr., and the
Political Tradition of Birmingham.” Alabama Review 36
(October 1983).
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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