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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Watson, Thomas Edward
Watson, Thomas Edward, a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Columbia County, near Thomson, Ga., September 5, 1856; attended the common schools and Mercer University, Macon, Ga.; engaged in teaching for two years; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1875 and commenced practice in Thomson, McDuffie County, Ga., in 1876; also engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives in 1882 and 1883; presidential elector for the State at large on the Democratic ticket of Cleveland and Thurman in 1888; engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected as a Populist to the Fifty-second Congress (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1893); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1892 to the Fifty-third Congress and in 1894 for election to the Fifty-fourth Congress; resumed the practice of law in Thomson, Ga.; nominated for Vice President at the Populist National Convention at St. Louis in 1896 and for President by the People’s Party in 1904; conducted a magazine for many years and later engaged in the newspaper business; author of several books and numerous sketches; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1921, until his death in Washington, D.C., September 26, 1922; interment in Thomson Cemetery, Thomson, Ga.
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Chicago:
U.S. Congress, "Watson, Thomas Edward," 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.1983 Original Sources, accessed July 5, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GMI3SWW96GUZJKW.
MLA:
U.S. Congress. "Watson, Thomas Edward." 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.1983, Original Sources. 5 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GMI3SWW96GUZJKW.
Harvard:
U.S. Congress, 'Watson, Thomas Edward' 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.1983. Original Sources, retrieved 5 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GMI3SWW96GUZJKW.
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