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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Courtney, Wirt
Courtney, Wirt, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., September 7, 1889; was graduated from Battle Ground Academy, Franklin, Tenn., in 1907; attended Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., and the Faculté de Droit of the Sorbonne, Paris, France; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1911 and commenced practice in Franklin, Tenn.; city judge 1915-1917; during the First World War enlisted in the United States Army as a private in the One Hundred and Seventeenth Infantry, Thirtieth Division, in September 1917, and was honorably discharged as a first lieutenant in June 1919; resumed the practice of law in Franklin, Tenn.; adjutant general of Tennessee in 1932; member of the Tennessee National Guard in 1933 with rank of brigadier general; served as circuit judge and chancellor of the seventeenth judicial circuit of Tennessee 1933-1939; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Clarence W. Turner; reelected to the Seventy-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from May 11, 1939, to January 3, 1949; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1948; resumed the practice of law and is a resident of Franklin, Tenn.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Courtney, Wirt," Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949 in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1023 Original Sources, accessed March 21, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4BHTQ793SSMSC54.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Courtney, Wirt." Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949, in U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1023, Original Sources. 21 Mar. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4BHTQ793SSMSC54.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Courtney, Wirt' in Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949. cited in , U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774–1949 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), P.1023. Original Sources, retrieved 21 March 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4BHTQ793SSMSC54.
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