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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MississippiSamuel Andrew WITHERSPOON
(1855-1915)
WITHERSPOON, Samuel
Andrew, a Representative from Mississippi; born near
Columbus, Lowndes County, Miss., May 4, 1855; attended the public
schools; in 1872 moved with his mother to Oxford, Miss.; was
graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1876;
professor in the University of Mississippi 1876-1879; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Meridian,
Lauderdale County, Miss., the same year; elected as a Democrat to
the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth Congresses and
served from March 4, 1911, until his death in Meridian, Miss.,
November 24, 1915; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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