Harold Henderson Earthman (April 13, 1900 - February 26, 1987) was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Tennessee

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Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

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, Earthman attended the public schools, Webb School

Webb School (Bell Buckle, Tennessee)

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 at Bell Buckle, Tennessee

Bell Buckle, Tennessee

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, Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University

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 at Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

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, and the University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas at Austin

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During the First World War he served in the United States Army

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 as a private and was assigned to the Student's Army Training Corps.
He moved to Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

, and engaged in the banking business from 1921 1925.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1926 and commenced the practice of law in Murfreesboro.
He also engaged in agricultural pursuits and was owner of Earthman Enterprises.
He resumed the study of law and was graduated from Cumberland School of Law

Cumberland School of Law

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 at Cumberland University

Cumberland University

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, Lebanon, Tennessee

Lebanon, Tennessee

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, in 1927.
He served in the Tennessee House of Representatives

Tennessee House of Representatives

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 in 1931 and 1932.
He served as judge of Rutherford County, Tennessee

Rutherford County, Tennessee

Rutherford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, it is the state's fifth-largest county by population with 262,604 people, an increase of 44.3 percent over the 2000 population of 182,023. Its county seat is Murfreesboro, which is also the geographic...

 from 1942 to 1945.
He served as associate administrator of war bonds for the State of Tennessee 1940-1946.

Earthman was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Seventy-ninth

79th United States Congress

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 Congress (January 3, 1945-January 3, 1947) representing Tennessee's 5th congressional district

Tennessee's 5th congressional district

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. He sought renomination in 1946, but lost in the primary

Primary election

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 to Joe L. Evins

Joe L. Evins

Joseph Landon Evins was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Tennessee from 1947 to 1977.Evins was a native of the Blend Community of DeKalb County, Tennessee, the son of James Edgar Evins and Myrtie Goodson Evins. His father was a Tennessee state senator and a successful local businessman.Joe L...

. After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of law.

He was a resident of Murfreesboro until his death there on February 26, 1987. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.

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