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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | James C. Cantrill |
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Georgetown, Kentucky , United States |
| Email | None |
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July 09, 1870
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| Died | September 02, 1923
(53 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
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| Info | born in Georgetown, Scott County, Ky., July 9, 1870; attended the common schools, Georgetown (Ky.) College, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death; chairman of the Scott County Democratic committee in 1895; elected a member of the State house of representatives in 1897, and again in 1899; served in the State senate 1901-1905; was nominated for Congress in 1904, but declined; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1904; elected president of the American Society of Equity for Kentucky, an organization of farmers, in 1908; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-first and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1909, until his death during his campaign as the Democratic nominee for Governor of Kentucky; chairman, Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions (Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses); died in Louisville, Ky., September 2, 1923; interment in Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Ky.
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