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Lemuel Phillips Padgett (November 28, 1855 – August 2, 1922) was an American politician and a member of the
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for the 7th congressional district of
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.


Biography

Born in Columbia, Tennessee, in Maury County, Padgett was the son of John B. and Rebecca Ophelia (Phillips) Padgett. He attended the private schools in that county and graduated from Erskine College at Due West,
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, in 1876. Having begun the study of law in September 1876, he was admitted to the bar in March 1877.


Career

Padgett began to practice law in Columbia, Tennessee, in January 1879 and he married Ida B. Latta on November 11, 1880. He was a Presidential Elector for Tennessee, 1884, and a member of the
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from 1899 to 1901. Elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and the ten succeeding Congresses, Padgett served from March 4, 1901, until his death. During the Sixty-second through Sixty-fifth Congresses, he was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Naval Affairs. A thorough and studious man, he took his job seriously. He became like a walking encyclopedia about all things naval.


Death

Padgett died in
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, on August 2, 1922. He is interred at Rose Hill Cemetery in Columbia, Tennessee.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Padgett, Lemuel Phillips Democratic Party Tennessee state senators 1855 births 1922 deaths People from Columbia, Tennessee Erskine College alumni Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives 19th-century members of the Tennessee General Assembly