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  Overman, Lee S.
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AffiliationDemocratic  
<-  1920-01-01  
 
NameLee S. Overman
Address Rowan County
Salisbury, North Carolina , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born January 03, 1854
DiedDecember 12, 1930 (76 years)
ContributorJoshua L.
Last ModifedChronicler
Jan 01, 2021 08:57pm
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InfoOVERMAN, Lee Slater, (son-in-law of Augustus Summerfield Merrimon), a Senator from North Carolina; born in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., January 3, 1854; attended private schools and graduated from Trinity College (now Duke University), Durham, N.C., in 1874; taught school two years; private secretary to the Governor 1877-1879; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1878 and began practice in Salisbury, N.C., in 1880; member, State house of representatives 1883-1887, 1893, 1899, and served as speaker in 1893; president of the North Carolina Railroad Co. in 1894; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for United States Senator in 1895; president of the Salisbury Savings Bank; member of the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina and Duke University.

Presidential Elector (D-NC) 1900.

U.S. Senator (D-NC) 1903-30 (died in office); chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Sixty-first Congress), Committee on Woman Suffrage (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Rules (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Engrossed Bills (Sixty-sixth Congress).

Died in Washington, D.C., December 12, 1930; funeral services were held in the Chamber of the United States Senate; interment in Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.


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  11/02/1926 NC US Senate Won 60.51% (+21.02%)
  06/05/1926 NC US Senate - D Primary Won 60.41% (+20.82%)
  11/02/1920 NC US Senate Won 57.52% (+15.03%)
  06/05/1920 NC US Senate - D Primary Won 79.89% (+59.77%)
  11/03/1914 NC US Senate Won 58.10% (+16.39%)
  01/18/1909 NC US Senate Won 78.75% (+57.50%)
  01/30/1903 NC US Senate Won 85.19% (+70.37%)
  06/25/1896 NC Governor - D Convention Lost 0.77% (-64.64%)
  01/23/1895 NC US Senate - Special Election Lost 27.95% (-44.10%)
  05/19/1892 NC Lt. Governor - D Convention Lost 15.89% (-35.88%)
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Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 07, 1930 R John J. Parker