Malcolm Connor Tarver (September 25, 1885 – March 5, 1960) was a U.S. Representative from

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. Born in

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, Tarver attended the public schools. He was graduated from the law department of

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, in 1904. He was

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the same year and commenced practice in

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. He served as member of the State house of representatives 1909-1912. He served in the State senate in 1913 and 1914. He served as judge of the superior courts,

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from 1917 to 1927. Tarver was elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1947). He was one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1933 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against

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, judge of the

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. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946. He resumed the practice of law. He died in

, March 5, 1960. He was interred in West Hill Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarver, Malcolm Connor 1885 births 1960 deaths Georgia (U.S. state) state court judges Democratic Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state) 20th-century American judges 20th-century American politicians