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Subject: [RHEA] Biographical Directory of the Amer. Congress 1774-1949
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 14:52:57 EST

Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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page 1732
RHEA, William Francis, a Representative from Virginia; born on a farm near
Bristol, Washington County, Va., April 20, 1858; attended rural and private
schools; was graduated from King College, Bristol, Tenn., in 1878; studied
law; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in Bristol, Va.;
judge of the Washington County Court 1880-1885; member of the [p.1732] State
senate 1885-1888; judge of the city court of Bristol; resigned in 1895 and
resumed the practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth and
Fifty-seventh Congresses (March 4, 1899-March 3, 1903); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1902 to the Fifty-eighth Congress; resumed the
practice of law in Bristol, Va.; moved to Richmond, Va., when appointed a
member of the State corporation commission in 1908 and served until 1925 when
he resigned and retired from active political and business pursuits; died in
Richmond, Va., March 23, 1931; interment in Hollywood Cemetery.




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