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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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1920-01-01 |
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| Name | Lee S. Overman |
| Address | Rowan County
Salisbury, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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January 03, 1854
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| Died | December 12, 1930
(76 years)
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
Jan 01, 2021 08:57pm |
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| Info | OVERMAN, Lee Slater, (son-in-law of Augustus Summerfield Merrimon), a Senator from North Carolina; born in Salisbury, Rowan County, N.C., January 3, 1854; attended private schools and graduated from Trinity College (now Duke University), Durham, N.C., in 1874; taught school two years; private secretary to the Governor 1877-1879; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1878 and began practice in Salisbury, N.C., in 1880; member, State house of representatives 1883-1887, 1893, 1899, and served as speaker in 1893; president of the North Carolina Railroad Co. in 1894; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for United States Senator in 1895; president of the Salisbury Savings Bank; member of the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina and Duke University.
Presidential Elector (D-NC) 1900.
U.S. Senator (D-NC) 1903-30 (died in office); chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Sixty-first Congress), Committee on Woman Suffrage (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on Rules (Sixty-third through Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Engrossed Bills (Sixty-sixth Congress).
Died in Washington, D.C., December 12, 1930; funeral services were held in the Chamber of the United States Senate; interment in Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, N.C.
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