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Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (May 4, 1855 – November 24, 1915) was a
Samuel Andrew Witherspoon, late a representative from Mississippi, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1917
1855 births 1915 deaths University of Mississippi alumni University of Mississippi faculty Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi 19th-century American politicians {{Mississippi-politician-stub
Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (May 4, 1855 – November 24, 1915) was a U.S. Representative
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from Mississippi
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.
Biography
Born nearColumbus, Mississippi
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, Witherspoon attended the public schools. In 1872 he moved with his mother to Oxford, Mississippi
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.
He graduated from the University of Mississippi at Oxford
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in 1876 with a degree in law. He became a professor at the University of Mississippi
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from 1876 to 1879.
He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Meridian, Mississippi
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, the same year.
Witherspoon was elected as a Democrat
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to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1911, until his death in Meridian, Mississippi
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, November 24, 1915.
He was interred in Rose Hill Cemetery.
See also
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include:
* List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)
*List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949)
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References
Samuel Andrew Witherspoon, late a representative from Mississippi, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1917
1855 births 1915 deaths University of Mississippi alumni University of Mississippi faculty Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi 19th-century American politicians {{Mississippi-politician-stub