Thomas Walter Harrison (August 5, 1856 – May 9, 1935) was a U.S. Representative

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 from Virginia

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, father of Burr Powell Harrison

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Burr Powell Harrison was a U.S. Representative from Virginia, son of Thomas W. Harrison.Born in Winchester, Virginia, Harrison attended the public schools, Woodberry Forest School, Virginia Military Institute, Hampden-Sydney College, and the University of Virginia.He was graduated from Georgetown...

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Born in Leesburg, Virginia

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, Harrison attended local academies at Leesburg, Middleburg, and Hanover.
He was graduated from the academic and law departments of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in 1879.
He was admitted to the bar

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 in 1879 and commenced practice in Winchester, Virginia

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He served as member of the Senate of Virginia

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 during the period 1887-1894.
He served as judge of the circuit court for the seventeenth judicial district of Virginia from 1895 until September 1, 1916.
He was editor of the Winchester Times.
He served as member of the State constitutional convention in 1901 and 1902

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Harrison was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Sixty-fourth

64th United States Congress

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 Congress from Virginia's 7th congressional district

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 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James Hay

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He was reelected to the Sixty-fifth

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 and Sixty-sixth

66th United States Congress

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 Congresses and served from November 7, 1916, to March 3, 1921.
Presented credentials as a Member-elect to the Sixty-seventh

67th United States Congress

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 Congress and served from March 4, 1921, to December 15, 1922, when he was succeeded by John Paul, Jr., who contested his election.

Harrison was elected to the Sixty-eighth

68th United States Congress

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, Sixty-ninth

69th United States Congress

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, and Seventieth

70th United States Congress

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 Congresses (March 4, 1923-March 3, 1929).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928 to the Seventy-first

71st United States Congress

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 Congress.
Practiced law 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 on May 9, 1935.
He was interred in Mount Hebron Cemetery.

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