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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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Saunders, Edward Watts
Saunders, Edward Watts, a Representative from Virginia; born near Rockymount, Franklin County, Va., October 20, 1860; received his early education under private teachers; attended Bellevue High School, Bedford County, Va., and was graduated from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1882; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commencedpractice in Rockymount, Va., in 1883; member of the State house of delegates 1887-1901 and served as speaker in 1899; elected judge of the Fourth Circuit Court of Virginia in 1901 and judge of the seventh circuit; in 1904; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Claude A. Swanson; reelected to the Sixtieth and to the six succeeding Congresses and served from November 6, 1906, to February 29, 1920, when he resigned, having been elected judge of the State supreme court of appeals, which position he held until his death in Rockymount, Franklin County, Va., on December 16, 1921; interment in High Street Cemetery.
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Chicago:
U.S. Congress, "Saunders, Edward Watts," 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.1778 1779. Original Sources, accessed July 2, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UVYB93GZK6692BP.
MLA:
U.S. Congress. "Saunders, Edward Watts." 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.1778, page 1779. Original Sources. 2 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UVYB93GZK6692BP.
Harvard:
U.S. Congress, 'Saunders, Edward Watts' 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.1778, pp.1779. Original Sources, retrieved 2 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=UVYB93GZK6692BP.
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