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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeSam Riley SELLS
(1871-1935)
SELLS, Sam Riley, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Bristol, Sullivan County,
Tenn., August 2, 1871; attended the rural schools and King College
in Bristol, Tenn., 1885-1890; studied law; was admitted to the bar
and commenced practice in Blountville, Tenn.; served as a private
in Company F, Third Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, during
the Spanish-American War; moved to Johnson City, Tenn., and engaged
in the lumber business; member of the State senate 1909-1911;
elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and to the four
succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1911-March 3, 1921); chairman,
Committee on Pensions (Sixty-sixth Congress); unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1920; delegate to the Republican
National Conventions in 1912 and 1916; resumed the lumber business
in Johnson City, Tenn.; also engaged in the manufacture of shale
brick and in numerous other business enterprises; died in Johnson
City, Tenn., November 2, 1935; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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