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Samuel Andrew Witherspoon (May 4, 1855 – November 24, 1915) was a
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from
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.


Biography

Born near
Columbus, Mississippi Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Lowndes County, Mississippi, Lowndes County, on the eastern border of Mississippi, United States, located primarily east, but also north and northeast of the Tombigbee River, which is also part of the ...
, Witherspoon attended the public schools. In 1872 he moved with his mother to
Oxford, Mississippi Oxford is the List of municipalities in Mississippi, 14th most populous city in Mississippi, United States, and the county seat of Lafayette County, Mississippi, Lafayette County, southeast of Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis. A college town, Oxford ...
. He graduated from the
University of Mississippi at Oxford The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university in University, near Oxford, Mississippi, United States, with a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and is the state's largest b ...
in 1876 with a degree in law. He became a professor at the
University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi (Epithet, byname Ole Miss) is a Public university, public research university in University, near Oxford, Mississippi, United States, with a University of Mississippi Medical Center, medical center in Jackson, Miss ...
from 1876 to 1879. He was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice in
Meridian, Mississippi Meridian is the List of municipalities in Mississippi, eighth most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, with a population of 35,052 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, ...
, the same year. Witherspoon was elected as a
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to the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, and Sixty-fourth Congresses and served from March 4, 1911, until his death in
Meridian, Mississippi Meridian is the List of municipalities in Mississippi, eighth most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, with a population of 35,052 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the county seat of Lauderdale County, Mississippi, ...
, November 24, 1915. He was interred in Rose Hill Cemetery.


See also

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List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49) There are several lists of United States Congress members who died in office. These include: *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899) *List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949) *List ...


References


Samuel Andrew Witherspoon, late a representative from Mississippi, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1917
1855 births 1915 deaths University of Mississippi alumni University of Mississippi faculty Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Mississippi 19th-century American legislators 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{Mississippi-politician-stub