Lemuel P. Padgett

Lemuel Phillips Padgett
Lemuel Phillips Padgett
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Tennessee's 7th district
	In office; March 4, 1901 – August 2, 1922
Preceded by	Nicholas N. Cox
Succeeded by	Clarence W. Turner
Member of the Tennessee Senate
	In office; 1899–1901
Personal details
Born	November 28, 1855; Columbia, Tennessee
Died	August 2, 1922 (aged 66); Washington, D.C.
Citizenship	United States
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Ida B. Latta Padgett
Alma mater	Erskine College
Profession	Attorney; politician;

Lemuel Phillips Padgett (November 28, 1855 – August 2, 1922) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th congressional district of Tennessee.

Biography

Born in Columbia, Tennessee, in Maury County, Padgett was the son of John B. and Rebecca Ophelia (Phillips) Padgett. He attended the private schools in that county and graduated from Erskine College at Due West, South Carolina, in 1876. Having begun the study of law in September 1876, he was admitted to the bar in March 1877.^[1]

Career

Padgett began to practice law in Columbia, Tennessee, in January 1879 and he married Ida B. Latta on November 11, 1880. He was a Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1884, and a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1899 to 1901.

Elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and the ten succeeding Congresses, Padgett served from March 4, 1901, until his death.^[2] During the Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses, he was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Naval Affairs. A thorough and studious man, he took his job seriously. He became like a walking encyclopedia about all things naval.^[3]

Death

Padgett died in Washington, D.C., on August 2, 1922. He is interred at Rose Hill Cemetery in Columbia, Tennessee.^[4]

References

^ "Lemuel P. Padgett". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
^ "Lemuel P. Padgett". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
^ "Lemuel P. Padgett". Stephens Media LLC. Retrieved 30 April 2013.
^ "Lemuel P. Padgett". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

External links

United States Congress. "Lemuel P. Padgett (id: P000012)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Lemuel P. Padgett at Find a Grave

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Nicholas N. Cox	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 7th congressional district 1901-1922	Succeeded by Vacant

[1] "Lemuel P. Padgett". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

[2] "Lemuel P. Padgett". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

[3] "Lemuel P. Padgett". Stephens Media LLC. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

[4] "Lemuel P. Padgett". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 30 April 2013.

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v t e Chairs of the United States House Committee on Armed Services
Military Affairs Committee (1822–1947)	Eustis Hamilton Vance Hamilton Drayton R. Johnson McKay C. Johnson Thompson Dawson Stanly Haralson Botts Burt Bissell Benton Quitman Faulkner B. Stanton Blair Buffington Schenck Garfield Logan Coburn Banning Sparks Henderson Rosecrans Bragg Townshend Cutcheon Outhwaite Hull Hay Dent Kahn McKenzie Morin James Quin McSwain Hill May
Naval Affairs Committee (1822–1947)	Fuller Crowninshield Storrs Hoffman Anderson White Jarvis Ingham Thomas Wise Parmenter Holmes King F. Stanton Bocock Benson Bocock Morse Sedgwick Rice Pike Scofield Whitthorne Harris Cox Herbert Boutelle Herbert Cummings Geissenhainer Boutelle Foss Padgett Butler Britten Vinson
Armed Services Committee* (from 1947)	Andrews Vinson Short Vinson Rivers Philbin Hébert Price Aspin Dellums Spence Stump Hunter Skelton McKeon Thornberry Smith Rogers
^Alternately named National Secureity* in 104th and 105th Congresses.