Lilius Bratton Rainey (July 27, 1876 – September 27, 1959) was a

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from

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Biography

He was born in

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on July 27, 1876. Rainey attended the common schools and moved to

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. He graduated from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute in

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in 1899 and from the law department of the

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in 1902. He was

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in the latter year and commenced practice in Gadsden, Alabama. Rainey was elected a captain in the Alabama National Guard in 1903. He was reelected and commissioned in 1906, but resigned the command in 1907. He was city solicitor of Gadsden in 1911–1917. Rainey was elected as a

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to the Sixty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John L. Burnett. He was reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress and served from September 30, 1919, to March 3, 1923. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1922. He was a trustee of the state department of archives and history,

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. He resumed the practice of law in Gadsden until his death. He died in Gadsden, Alabama on September 27, 1959, and he was interred in Glenwood Cemetery in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rainey, Lilius Bratton 1876 births 1959 deaths Alabama National Guard personnel Auburn University alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama National Guard (United States) officers People from Dadeville, Alabama People from Fort Payne, Alabama University of Alabama School of Law alumni