Malcolm Connor Tarver (September 25, 1885 – March 5, 1960) was a

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from

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. Born in Rural Vale, Georgia, 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, Cherokee Circuit, Georgia from 1917 to 1927. Tarver was elected as a

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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 Harold Louderback, 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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