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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJames Patrick SUTTON
(1915-2005)
SUTTON, James Patrick, a
Representative from Tennessee; born on a farm near Wartrace,
Bedford County, Tenn., October 31, 1915; attended the public
schools of Wartrace, Tenn., and Cumberland University Law School,
Lebanon, Tenn.; graduated from Middle Tennessee State College,
Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1939; United States Navy, World War II,
1942-1946; awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star,
Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster; elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-first and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1949-January 3, 1955); unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic
nomination for United States Senator in 1954; investment securities
broker; died on February 3, 2005, in Berrien Center, Mich..
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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