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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaSamuel RUTHERFORD
(1870-1932)
RUTHERFORD, Samuel, a
Representative from Georgia; born near Culloden, Crawford County,
Ga., March 15, 1870; attended the public schools at Culloden and
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va.; was graduated from
the law department of the University of Georgia at Athens in 1894;
was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in
Forsyth, Monroe County, Ga.; mayor of Forsyth for three consecutive
years; member of the State house of representatives in 1896 and
1897; solicitor of the city court of Forsyth 1898-1900; interested
in banking 1901-1916; served in the State senate in 1909 and 1910;
resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural
pursuits; again a member of the State house of representatives
1921-1924; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth and to the
three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1925, until
his death in Washington, D.C., on February 4, 1932; chairman,
Committee on Election of President, Vice President, and
Representatives (Seventy-second Congress); interment in Oakland
Cemetery, Forsyth, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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