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Priest, J. Percy (James Percy), 1900-1956

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Personal name headingPriest, J. Percy (James Percy), 1900-1956
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Variant(s)Priest, James Percy, 1900-1956
Other standard no.258630162
Q1741100
Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1900-04-01
Death date1956-10-12
Place of birthMaury County (Tenn.)
Place of deathNashville (Tenn.)
Field of activityUnited States--Politics and government--1945-1989
AffiliationDemocratic Party (U.S.)
United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupationLegislators
Politicians
Journalists
Teachers
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Found inPhotograph: Signing of First Reservations under the Title I Housing Act of 1949, Truman Library, Jan. 19, 1950: (features Tennessee congressman J. Percy Priest)
Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress, 1774-Present online search, June 27, 2012 (James Percy Priest; b. Apr. 1, 1900, Carters Creek, Tenn.; d. Oct. 12, 1956, Nashville, Tenn.; elected as an Independent Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the seven succeeding Congresses and had been renominated in the 1956 primary election; served from January 3, 1941, until his death in Nashville, Tenn., October 12, 1956)
OCLC, July 24, 2012 (hdgs.: Priest, J. Percy; Priest, James P.; Priest, James Percy, 1900-; Priest, James Percy, 1900-1956; usage: James Percy Priest)
Wikipedia October 2, 2023: (...was an American teacher, journalist and politician who represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 until his death. Priest was born in Carters Creek, Maury County, Tennessee,,, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee, in office: January 3, 1941 - October 12, 1956.)
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