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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MississippiJames Kimble VARDAMAN
(1861-1930)
Senate Years of Service:
1913-1919Party: DemocratVARDAMAN, James Kimble, a
Senator from Mississippi; born near Edna, Jackson County, Tex.,
July 26, 1861; moved to Mississippi in 1868 with his parents, who
settled in Yalobusha County; attended the public schools; studied
law in Carrollton, Miss.; admitted to the bar in 1881 and commenced
practice in Winona, Miss.; became editor of the Winona Advance;
moved to Greenwood, Miss., where he continued the practice of law
and also engaged in the newspaper business; member, State house of
representatives 1890-1896, and served as speaker 1894; unsuccessful
candidate for governor of Mississippi in 1895 and again in 1899;
served in Cuba during the Spanish-American War; presidential
elector on the Democratic ticket in 1892 and 1896; publisher of the
Greenwood Commonwealth 1896-1903 and the Issue 1908-1912; Governor
of Mississippi 1904-1908; unsuccessful candidate for election to
the United States Senate in 1907 and 1910; elected as a Democrat to
the United States Senate in 1912 and served from March 4, 1913, to
March 3, 1919; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1918 and
for election in 1922; chairman, Committee on the Conservation of
Natural Resources (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses),
Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department
(Sixty-third Congress), Committee on Manufacturers (Sixty-fifth
Congress); retired from active business pursuits in 1922 and moved
to Birmingham, Ala., where he died June 25, 1930; interment in
Lakewood Memorial Park, Jackson, Miss.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Fortenberry, Joseph E.
“James Kimble Vardaman and American Foreign Policy,
1913-1919.” Journal of Mississippi History 35 (May
1973): 127-40; Holmes, William. The White Chief: James Kimble
Vardaman. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press,
1970.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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