| LC control no. | no2008056105 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Tyson, Lawrence Davis, 1861-1929 |
| Variant(s) | Tyson, Mr. (Lawrence Davis), 1861-1929 |
| Birth date | 18610704 |
| Death date | 19290824 |
| Place of birth | Greenville (N.C.) |
| Place of death | Strafford (Pa.) |
| Affiliation | United States Military Academy University of Tennessee (Knoxville campus). College of Law Tennessee. National Guard Tennessee. General Assembly. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Soldiers |
| Found in | War-time rank for certain officers on the retired list of the Army, 1928: p. 1 (Mr. Tyson, from the Committee on Military Affairs) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Apr. 12, 2008 (Tyson, Lawrence Davis, a Senator from Tenn.; b. July 4, 1861; d. Aug. 24, 1929) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed March 31, 2015 (Tyson, Lawrence Davis, a Senator from Tennessee; born on a farm near Greenville, Pitt County, N.C., July 4, 1861; attended the county schools and Greenville Academy, and graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1883; took part in campaigns against the Apache Indians; professor of military science and tactics in the University of Tennessee at Knoxville 1891-1895, and graduated in law from that university in 1894; resigned his commission, was admitted to the bar in 1894, and commenced practice in Knoxville; volunteered in 1898 for service during the Spanish-American War, and was appointed colonel of the Sixth Regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry, which he recruited, trained, and took to Puerto Rico; was mustered out in 1899; engaged in the practice of law at Knoxville and later in manufacturing; brigadier general and inspector general of the National Guard of Tennessee 1902-1908; member, State house of representatives and served as speaker 1903-1905; was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1913; volunteered for service at the outbreak of the First World War and was commissioned brigadier general in command of all National Guard troops of Tennessee; later commissioned by President Woodrow Wilson as a brigadier general and assigned to the Fifty-ninth Brigade, Thirtieth Division; trained troops at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S.C.; fought in France and Belgium and was discharged in 1919; resumed newspaper pursuits; was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for Vice President in 1920; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1925, until his death in a sanitarium at Strafford, Pa., on August 24, 1929; interment in Old Gray Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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