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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | J. Willard Ragsdale |
| Email | None |
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December 14, 1872
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| Died | July 23, 1919
(46 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | RAGSDALE, James Willard, a Representative from South Carolina; born in Timmonsville, Florence County, S.C., December 14, 1872; attended the public schools; employed in a railroad office at Wilmington, N.C., for several years; attended the University of South Carolina at Columbia; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1898 and commenced practice in Florence, Florence County, S.C.; engaged in agricultural pursuits and banking; trustee of the South Carolina Industrial School; member of the State house of representatives 1899-1900; member of the State senate 1902-1904; unsuccessful candidate for attorney general of South Carolina and for election in 1910 to the Sixty-second Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1913, until his death in Washington, D.C., July 23, 1919; interment in Mount Hope Cemetery, Florence, S.C.
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