| LC control no. | n 93108188 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lea, Luke, 1879-1945 |
| Other standard no. | 119211300 15574972 Q5942113 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1879-04-12 |
| Death date | 1945-11-18 |
| Place of birth | Nashville (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Nashville (Tenn.) |
| Field of activity | Newspaper publishing Practice of law |
| Affiliation | University of the South Columbia University. School of Law United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Newspaper editors Bankers |
| Found in | Tidwell, M.L.L. Luke Lea of Tennessee, c1993: t.p. (Luke Lea) jkt. (b. 1879; founded the Nashville Tennessean (1907); was elected to the U.S. Senate at the age of 32; d. 1945) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed October 28, 2014 (Lea, Luke, (great-grandson of Luke Lea [1783-1851]), a Senator from Tennessee; born in Nashville, Tenn., April 12, 1879; attended the public schools; graduated from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., in 1899 and from the law department of Columbia University, New York City, in 1903; admitted to the bar in 1903 and commenced practice at Nashville; founder, editor and publisher of the Nashville Tennessean; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1911 and served from March 4, 1911, to March 3, 1917; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1916; chairman, Committee on the Library (Sixty-third Congress), Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses (Sixty-fourth Congress); during the First World War, fought in Europe with an artillery unit and rose to the rank of colonel; returned to Nashville and resumed newspaper interests; appointed to the United States Senate in 1929 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lawrence D. Tyson, but declined the appointment; entered into the banking and real estate businesses; died in Nashville, Tenn., on November 18, 1945; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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