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Samuel Joelah Tribble (November15, 1869December8, 1916) was an American
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and
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. Tribble was born near Carnesville,
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and attended the
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in
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. He was a member of the
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and graduated in 1891 with a
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(LL.B.) degree. He was admitted to the state bar that same year and began practice in Athens. From 1899 to 1904, Tribble was the solicitor of the City Court of Athens. In 1904, he became the
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of the western circuit of Georgia and served in that capacity until 1908. In 1910, Tribble ran for the
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as a
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against incumbent
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and won election to the
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. He won re-election to that seat for two additional terms and served from March 4, 1911, until his death while in office on December 8, 1916, in
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Tribble was buried in Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens, Georgia.


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''History of the University of Georgia'', Thomas Walter Reed, Imprint: Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia, ca. 1949, pp.1595-1597Samuel J. Tribble, late a representative from Georgia, Memorial addresses delivered in the House of Representatives and Senate frontispiece 1917
1869 births 1916 deaths People from Carnesville, Georgia University of Georgia alumni Georgia (U.S. state) lawyers Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia (U.S. state) 19th-century American lawyers Burials at Oconee Hill Cemetery Phi Delta Theta members 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives {{GeorgiaUS-politician-stub