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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Reese C. De Graffenreid |
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Longview, Texas , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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May 07, 1859
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| Died | August 29, 1902
(43 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | DE GRAFFENREID, Reese Calhoun, a Representative from Texas; born in Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., May 7, 1859; attended the common schools of Franklin and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville; was graduated from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn.; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Franklin; moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., where he practiced his profession for one year, moving thence to Texas; helped in the construction of the Texas & Pacific Railroad; resumed the practice of law at Longview, Tex., in 1883; elected county attorney and resigned two months afterward; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth, and Fifty-seventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1897, until his death in Washington, D.C., August 29, 1902; interment in Greenwood Cemetery, Longview, Gregg County, Tex.
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