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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—GeorgiaLeslie Jasper STEELE
(1868-1929)
STEELE, Leslie Jasper, a
Representative from Georgia; born near Decatur, De Kalb County,
Ga., November 21, 1868; attended the public and private schools of
Decatur and was graduated from Emory College, Oxford, Ga., in 1893;
taught school 1893-1898; was graduated from the law department of
Georgia University, Athens, Ga., in 1899; was admitted to the bar
the same year and commenced practice in Decatur, Ga.; member of the
De Kalb County Board of Education 1902-1921; mayor of Decatur
1915-1920; served in the State house of representatives 1915-1919;
city and county attorney 1921-1925; elected as a Democrat to the
Seventieth and Seventy-first Congresses and served from March 4,
1927, until his death in Washington, D.C., on July 24, 1929;
interment in Decatur Cemetery, Decatur, Ga.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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