| LC control no. | no2010083795 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Horton, Henry H., 1866-1934 |
| Variant(s) | Horton, Henry Hollis, 1866-1934 |
| See also | Tennessee. Governor (1927-1933 : Horton) |
| Other standard no. | 1200962257 121255124 Q883798 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Nashville (Tenn.) Franklin County (Tenn.) Winchester (Tenn.) |
| Birth date | 1866-02-17 |
| Death date | 1934-07-02 |
| Place of birth | Jackson County (Ala.) |
| Place of death | Marshall County (Tenn.) |
| Field of activity | Tennessee--Politics and government--1865-1950 Practice of law |
| Affiliation | Tennessee. General Assembly. House of Representatives Tennessee. General Assembly. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Governors Legislators Lawyers |
| Found in | His Message of Gov. Henry H. Horton to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Sixty-seventh General Assembly, January 27, 1931, 1931: cover (Henry Hollis Horton) Tenn. blue bk., 2007-08: p. 501 (Henry Hollis Horton, 1927-1933; b.1866, died 1934) Wikipedia August 22, 2023: (Henry Hollis Horton (February 17, 1866 - July 2, 1934) was an American attorney, farmer and politician who served as the 36th Governor of Tennessee from 1927 to 1933. He was elevated to the position when Governor Austin Peay died in office, and as Speaker of the Tennessee Senate, he was first in the line of succession. He was subsequently elected to two more two-year terms. Horton was born in 1866 in the Princeton community of Jackson County, Alabama... He attended Scottsboro Academy in Scottsboro, Alabama, before graduating from Winchester College in Winchester, Tennessee, in 1888. Horton was admitted to the bar in 1894, and practiced law in Franklin County. He held various local offices, including school director and election commissioner, and worked as director of the Home Bank of Winchester. Horton was elected to represent Franklin County for one term in the Tennessee House of Representatives, from 1907 to 1909. In 1911, Horton and his family moved to Marshall County, Tennessee. He operated a farm and mill that had been established by his in-laws, the Wilhoites, on the Duck River near Chapel Hill. Horton was elected to the Tennessee Senate in 1926 for the district of Marshall and Lincoln counties. He served as Speaker of the Senate from 1926-1927. When Governor Austin Peay died in office on October 2, 1927, Horton became governor according to Tennessee's gubernatorial succession law. Following his final term as governor, Horton retired to his farm in Marshall County. He died from an apparent stroke on July 2, 1934. Political party: Democratic) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Hollis_Horton> |
| Associated language | eng |
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