Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. (January 18, 1862 – December 18, 1944) was a

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from

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. He was the nephew of Milton A. Candler and cousin of Allen Daniel Candler. He was born in Belleville, Florida. Later, he moved with his parents to

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in 1870. He attended the common schools and Iuka Male Academy and was graduated from the law department of the

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at Oxford in 1881. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in

Iuka, Mississippi Iuka is a city in and the county seat of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States. Its population was 3,028 at the 2010 census. Woodall Mountain, the highest point in Mississippi, is located just south of Iuka. History Iuka is built on ...

. Candler served as chairman of the Democratic executive committee of

in 1884. He moved to

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in 1887 and continued the practice of law. He was member of the Democratic executive committee of

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for several years. Candler was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1921). In Congress, he served as chairman, Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic ( Sixty-seventh Congress). He was unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1920, losing to

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. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of his profession. He served as mayor of Corinth, Mississippi 1933-1937 and died there in 1944. He was buried in Henry Cemetery.

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