Burr Powell Harrison was a U.S. Representative

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 from Virginia

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, son of Thomas W. Harrison

Thomas W. Harrison

Thomas Walter Harrison was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, father of Burr Powell Harrison.Born in Leesburg, Virginia, Harrison attended local academies at Leesburg, Middleburg, and Hanover....

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Born in Winchester, Virginia

Winchester, Virginia

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, Harrison attended the public schools, Woodberry Forest School

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, Virginia Military Institute

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, Hampden-Sydney College

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, and the University of Virginia

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He was graduated from Georgetown University

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 Law School, Washington, D.C.

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, in 1926.
He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Winchester, Virginia

Winchester, Virginia

Winchester is an independent city located in the northwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the USA. The city's population was 26,203 according to the 2010 Census...

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Attorney for Frederick County 1932-1940.
He served in Senate of Virginia

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 during the years 1940-1942.
He served as judge of the seventeenth judicial circuit and the corporation court of Winchester 1942-1946.

Harrison was elected simultaneously as a Democrat

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 to the Seventy-ninth and to the Eightieth Congress by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative A. Willis Robertson, and reelected to the seven succeeding Congresses (November 5, 1946-January 3, 1963).
He was not a candidate for renomination to the Eighty-eighth Congress in 1962.
He resumed the practice of law.
Resided in Winchester, Virginia

Winchester, Virginia

Winchester is an independent city located in the northwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the USA. The city's population was 26,203 according to the 2010 Census...

, until his death there December 29, 1973.
He was interred in Mount Hebron Cemetery.

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