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HUDDLESTON, George, (father of George Huddleston, Jr.),
a Representative from Alabama; born on a farm near Lebanon, Wilson County,
Tenn., November 11, 1869; attended the common schools; studied law at Cumberland University,
Lebanon, Tenn.; was admitted to the bar in 1891 and practiced in Birmingham, Ala., until 1911, when
he retired from practice; during the Spanish-American War served as a private in the First Regiment,
Alabama Volunteer Infantry; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fourth and to the ten succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1915-January 3, 1937); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1936; died
in Birmingham, Ala., February 29, 1960; interment in Elmwood Cemetery.
BibliographyBarnard, William D. George Huddleston, Sr., and the
Political Tradition of Birmingham. Alabama Review 36 (October 1983).
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