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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Carmack, Edward Ward
Carmack, Edward Ward, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born near Castalian Springs, Sumner County, Tenn., November 5, 1858; attended Webb’s School, Culleoka, Tenn.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and practiced in Columbia, Tenn.; city attorney of Columbia in 1881; elected to the State house of representatives in 1884; joined the staff of the Nashville Democrat in 1888; editor in chief of the Nashville American when the papers were merged; editor of the Memphis Commercial in 1892; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1896, 1900, and 1904; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and Fifty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1901); elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1901, to March 3, 1907; unsuccessful candidate in 1906 for reelection; resumed the practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for nomination as Governor in 1908; was assassinated in Nashville, Tenn., November 9, 1908; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery, Columbia, Tenn.; an act of the State legislature of 1909 provided that a statue be erected to his memory on the capitol grounds in Nashville.
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Chicago: U.S. Congress, "Carmack, Edward Ward," 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.949 Original Sources, accessed September 30, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H64YYUY41IFY9Z6.
MLA: U.S. Congress. "Carmack, Edward Ward." 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.949, Original Sources. 30 Sep. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H64YYUY41IFY9Z6.
Harvard: U.S. Congress, 'Carmack, Edward Ward' 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.949. Original Sources, retrieved 30 September 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H64YYUY41IFY9Z6.
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