Herron Carney Pearson was a U.S. Representative

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 from Tennessee

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Biography

Born in Taylor, Texas

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, Pearson moved to Jackson, Tennessee

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, in 1891.
He attended the public and high schools.
He was graduated from Union University

Union University

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, Jackson, Tennessee

Jackson, Tennessee

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, in 1910 and from 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 1912.
He was admitted to the bar

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 the same year and commenced practice in Jackson, Tennessee

Jackson, Tennessee

Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area...

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He served as municipal judge of the city of Jackson, Tennessee

Jackson, Tennessee

Jackson is a city in Madison County, Tennessee, United States. The total population was 65,211 at the 2010 census. Jackson is the primary city of the Jackson, Tennessee metropolitan area, which is included in the Jackson-Humboldt, Tennessee Combined Statistical Area...

, in 1915.
City attorney of Jackson, Tennessee

Jackson, Tennessee

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 from 1920 to 1923.

Pearson was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Seventy-fourth

74th United States Congress

-House:Also 2 Delegates, 3 Resident Commissioners-Senate:*President of the Senate: John N. Garner *President pro tempore: Key Pittman -Majority leadership:*Majority leader: Joseph T. Robinson...

 and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1943).
He was not a candidate for renomination in 1942.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Jackson, Tennessee

Jackson, Tennessee

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, April 24, 1953.
He was interred in Hollywood Cemetery.

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