W. Wirt Courtney
William Wirt Courtney | |
|---|---|
James P. Sutton | |
| Constituency | 6th District (1939-1943) 7th District (1943-1949) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 7, 1889 United States of America |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | September 1917 to June 1919 |
| Rank |  First lieutenant |
| Unit | 117th Infantry, 13th Division |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
William Wirt Courtney (September 7, 1889 – April 6, 1961) was an American politician and a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.
Biography
Born in
Career
After serving as City Judge from 1915 to 1917, Courtney 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. He resumed the practice of law in Franklin, Tennessee. He married Currey L. Taylor on December 31, 1919, and they had four children.[1]
Courtney served as
Elected as a
Death
Courtney died in Franklin, Tennessee, on April 6, 1961, (age 71 years, 211 days). He is interred at Mount Hope Cemetery.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "W. Wirt Courtney". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "W. Wirt Courtney". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- ^ "W. Wirt Courtney". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
- JSTOR 4634869. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2013-10-21.
- ^ "W. Wirt Courtney". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
External links
- United States Congress. "W. Wirt Courtney (id: C000810)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- W. Wirt Courtney at Find a Grave
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
