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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJohn Ridley MITCHELL
(1877-1962)
MITCHELL, John Ridley, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Livingston, Overton County,
Tenn., September 26, 1877; attended the public schools; was
graduated from Peabody College of Teachers, Nashville, Tenn., in
1896; private secretary to Representative C.E. Snodgrass 1899-1903;
was graduated from the law department of Cumberland University,
Lebanon, Tenn., in 1904; was admitted to the bar the same year and
commenced practice in Crossville, Tenn.; member of the State
Democratic executive committee 1910-1914; assistant attorney
general of the fifth circuit of Tennessee 1908-1918 and attorney
general of the same circuit 1918-1925; served as judge of the fifth
circuit 1925-1931; moved to Cookeville, Tenn., in 1931; elected as
a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the three succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1939); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1938, but was unsuccessful for the Democratic
nomination for United States Senator; resumed the practice of law;
attorney in the office of Alien Property Custodian from January
1943 to September 1945; special assistant to Attorney General in
the Antitrust Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.,
1945-1951; died in Crossville, Tenn., February 26, 1962; interment
in Green Acres Memorial Gardens.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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