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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | E.L. "Tic" Forrester |
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Leesburg, Georgia , United States |
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August 16, 1896
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| Died | March 19, 1970
(73 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
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| Info | born on a farm near Leesburg, Lee County, Ga., August 16, 1896; attended the Leesburg public schools; studied law and passed the State bar examination in 1917; during the First World War served as a private in the United States Army; commenced the practice of law in 1919 in Leesburg, Ga.; solicitor, City Court, Leesburg, Ga., 1920-1933; mayor of Leesburg 1922-1931; county attorney of Lee County 1928-1937; solicitor general, southwestern judicial circuit, 1937-1950; delegate to Democratic National Conventions in 1948 and 1952; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1965); was not a candidate for renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress; returned to Leesburg and resumed the practice of law; died in Albany, Ga., March 19, 1970; interment in Leesburg Cemetery, Leesburg, Ga.
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