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| An Illustrated Congressional Manual. The United States Red Book, 1896, (detail), Collection of U.S. House of Representatives |
McCULLOCH, Philip Doddridge, Jr., a Representative from Arkansas; born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford
County, Tenn., June 23, 1851; moved with his parents to Trenton, Gibson County,
Tenn.; attended private schools and Andrew College in that city; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1872 and commenced practice in Trenton; moved to
Marianna, Ark., in February 1874 and continued the practice of law; elected
prosecuting attorney for the first judicial district in 1878; reelected for
three successive terms and served until 1884; chairman of the Democratic
central committee of Lee County, Ark., 1875-1893; elected mayor of Marianna,
Ark., in 1875, but declined to serve; member of the board of education;
delegate to the Democratic State convention in 1890; elected as a Democrat to
the Fifty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3,
1903); declined to be a candidate for renomination; resumed the practice of law
in Marianna, Ark.; died in Marianna November 26, 1928; interment in Cedar
Heights Cemetery.
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