Thomas Upton Sisson (September 22, 1869 – September 26, 1923) was a

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from

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Biography

Early life

Thomas U. Sisson was born on September 22, 1869 near

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, Attala County, Mississippi. He moved with his father to

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. He attended the common schools and the

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, Mississippi. He graduated from the Southwestern Presbyterian University, now known as

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, in

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in 1889. He then studied law at the

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and was graduated from

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in Lebanon, Tennessee.

Career

He served as the Principal of Carthage High School in

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from 1889 to 1890. He then served as Principal of the graded schools in

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from 1890 to 1892. He was admitted to the bar in

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in 1894 and began practicing the Law in

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. He served as a member of the Mississippi State Senate in 1898. He then served as district attorney of the fifth judicial district from 1903 to 1907. He served as a Democratic member of the

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from March 4, 1909 to March 3, 1923. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1922 to the sixty-eighth Congress.

Death

He died on September 26, 1923 in

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He was buried at the Oak Hill Cemetery in Winona, Mississippi.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sisson, Thomas Upton 1869 births 1923 deaths People from Attala County, Mississippi Rhodes College alumni Cumberland University alumni University of Mississippi alumni Mississippi lawyers Democratic Party Mississippi state senators Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi People from Winona, Mississippi French Camp Academy 19th-century American lawyers