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  Jennings, John
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NameJohn Jennings
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Jellico, Tennessee , United States
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Born June 06, 1880
DiedFebruary 27, 1956 (75 years)
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InfoJENNINGS, John, Jr., a Representative from Tennessee; born in Jacksboro, Campbell County, Tenn., June 6, 1880; attended the public schools and American Temperance University, Harriman, Tenn.; was graduated from U.S. Grant University, Athens, Tenn., in 1906; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice in Jellico, Campbell County, Tenn.; served as county superintendent of public instruction, Campbell County, Tenn., in 1903 and 1904; county attorney of Campbell County 1911-1918; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1912, 1936, and 1944; special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States in 1918 and 1919; served as judge of the second chancery division of Tennessee from September 1, 1918, until his resignation July 1, 1923; moved to Knoxville, Tenn., in 1923 and continued the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of J. Will Taylor; reelected to the Seventy-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from December 30, 1939, to January 3, 1951; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1950 to the Eighty-second Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Knoxville, Tenn., February 27, 1956; interment in Highland Memorial Cemetery.

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  08/03/1950 TN District 2 - R Primary Lost 33.48% (-33.05%)
  11/02/1948 TN - District 02 Won 58.01% (+16.01%)
  11/05/1946 TN - District 02 Won 83.98% (+67.96%)
  11/07/1944 TN - District 02 Won 55.48% (+10.96%)
  11/03/1942 TN - District 02 Won 53.57% (+7.14%)
  11/05/1940 TN - District 02 Won 56.59% (+13.18%)
  12/30/1939 TN - District 02 - Special Election Won 60.16% (+20.31%)
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