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Bailey, James Edmund, 1822-1885

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Personal name headingBailey, James Edmund, 1822-1885
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Variant(s)Bailey, Mr. (James Edmund), 1822-1885
Birth date1822-08-15
Death date1885-12-29
Place of birthMontgomery County (Tenn.)
Place of deathClarksville (Tenn.)
AffiliationTennessee. General Assembly. House of Representatives
United States. Congress. Senate
Whig Party (Tenn.)
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLegislators
Lawyers
Found inIn the Senate of the United States. March 22, 1880. 1880: p. 1 (Mr. Bailey, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Aug. 10, 2008 (Bailey, James Edmund, a Senator from Tenn.; b. Aug. 15, 1822; d. Dec. 29, 1885)
Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed October 21, 2015 (Bailey, James Edmund, a Senator from Tennessee; born in Montgomery County, Tenn., August 15, 1822; attended the Clarksville Academy and the University of Nashville; studied law; admitted to the Tennessee bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Clarksville, Montgomery County; elected as a Whig to the Tennessee house of representatives in 1853; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as colonel of the Forty-ninth Tennessee Regiment; appointed a member of the court of arbitration by the Governor of Tennessee in 1874; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Andrew Johnson and served from January 19, 1877, to March 3, 1881; an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880; chairman, Committee on Education and Labor (Forty-sixth Congress); resumed the practice of law; died in Clarksville, Tenn., December 29, 1885; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.)
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