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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | James H. "Jimmy" Quillen |
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Kingsport, Tennessee , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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January 11, 1916
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| Died | November 02, 2003
(87 years)
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| Contributor | User 490 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | James Henry "Jimmy" Quillen
Elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives from the 2nd Floterial District in 1954, 1956, 1958, and 1960.
born near Kingsport, Tenn., in Scott County, Va., January 11, 1916; moved to Kingsport in 1927; attended the public schools and graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport in 1934; served in the United States Navy, 1942-1946; newspaper publisher, 1936-1944, in Kingsport and Johnson City; president and chairman of board of real estate, mortgage loans, and insurance corporations in Kingsport and Johnson City, Tenn., 1946 to present; member of the Tennessee State house of representatives, 1955-1962, serving as minority floor leader in 1959; nominated as Republican speaker of house both in 1957 and 1961; delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1956, 1964, and 1968; director of the Kingsport National Bank 1961-1982; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-eighth and to the sixteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1997); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress.
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