| LC control no. | n 88205789 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mitchell, John Ridley, 1877-1962 |
| Other standard no. | 40939336 Q1701573 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Cookeville (Tenn.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Birth date | 1877-09-26 |
| Death date | 1962-02-26 |
| Place of birth | Livingston (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Crossville (Tenn.) |
| Field of activity | Practice of law United States--Politics and government--1901-1953 |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House Democratic Party (U.S.) George Peabody College for Teachers |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Politicians Lawyers Attorneys general |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Page, T.W. Papers, 1906-1937 (Mitchell, John Ridley) Members of Congress, 1789-1982 (Mitchell, John Ridley, 1877-1962; Democratic member of the House of Reps., 1931-1939; from Tenn.) Wikipedia September 21, 2023: (John Ridley Mitchell (September 26, 1877 - February 26, 1962) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Tennessee. Born in Livingston, Tennessee... He was graduated from Peabody College of Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1896. ...graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1904. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Crossville, Tennessee. A member of the State Democratic executive committee from 1910 to 1914, Mitchell also served as assistant attorney general of the fifth circuit of Tennessee from 1908 to 1918. He became attorney general of the same circuit from 1918 to 1925. He served as judge of the fifth circuit from 1925 until 1931, when he moved to Cookeville, Tennessee. Mitchell was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931 - January 3, 1939). He served as special assistant to Attorney General in the Antitrust Division, at the United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., from 1945 to 1951. Mitchell died in Crossville, Cumberland County, Tennessee, on February 26, 1962 (age 84 years, 153 days). Political party: Democratic) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ridley_Mitchell> |
| Associated language | eng |
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