John R. Tyson
John R. Tyson | |
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Alabama Supreme Court | |
In office 1898–1906 | |
Alabama Circuit Court Judge | |
In office 1892–1898 | |
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives | |
In office 1880 | |
Personal details | |
Born | John Russell Tyson November 28, 1856 Lowndes County, Alabama, US |
Died | March 27, 1923 Rochester, Minnesota, US | (aged 66)
Resting place | Oakwood Cemetery (Montgomery, Alabama) |
Political party | Democratic |
Profession | Lawyer, judge, politician |
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John Russell Tyson (November 28, 1856 – March 27, 1923) was an American lawyer, politician and judge. He served in the
Early and family life
Through an entirely paternal line, Tyson was a direct descendant of famed English scientist Edward Tyson. John R. Tyson graduated from Howard College, Marion, Alabama, in 1877 and from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1879. [2] He married Mary Dossie Jordan, daughter of Dr. James R. Jordan who died in Lexington, Virginia in 1862. Their children included Patsy J. Tyson (1881-1972), Ellen Tyson Noble (1887-1977) and James Jordan Tyson (1893-1966).
Career
Admitted to the Alabama bar in 1879,[3] Tyson began his legal career in Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama.
He represented Lowndes County in the Alabama State house of representatives in 1880, and four years later moved to the state capital, Montgomery, Alabama, and established his legal practice there. Montgomery voters elected and re-elected Tyson as a member of the city council beginning in May 1889[4] and he became its president in May 1891.[5] He resigned that position in October 1892, after accepting an appointment to the circuit court.
Judicial career
Tyson served as a circuit court judge from 1892 to 1898. He then served as associate justice of the
U.S. Congressman
Tyson was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses, and served from March 4, 1921, until his death in Rochester, Minnesota, on March 27, 1923.
Death and legacy
He died in
See also
- List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)
References
- ^ "JOHN RUSSELL TYSON Nineteenth Chief Justice - 1906-1909" (PDF).
- ISBN 9780403098118.
- ^ Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1906). Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis.
- ^ Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1906). Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis.
- ^ History, Alabama Department of Archives and (1908). Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Brown Printing Company.
- ^ Harrison, James L., ed. (1950). Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949: The Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States from the First to the Eightieth Congress, March 4, 1789 to January 3, 1949. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 1941.
- ^ "Former state senator, civic leader John Tyson dies". November 13, 2016.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - John M. Tyson, Jr".
- ^ "John Tyson, Jr., Former Mobile District Attorney, May 20th, 2014 | the Rotary Club of Tuscaloosa".
- United States Congress. "John R. Tyson (id: T000455)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.