Thomas Jefferson Busby was a U.S. Representative

United States House of Representatives

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 from Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

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Born near Short, Mississippi

Short, Mississippi

Short is an unincorporated community in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States. It was one of the earliest settlements in the county, and once had its own post office, a high school, a bowling alley, and three bars; but most of its former territory and its establishments were drowned by the...

, Busby attended the common schools of his native city, Oakland College

Oakland Normal Institute

Oakland Normal Institute was a private school in Yale, Mississippi in Itawamba County. It was a private academy established during the early 1880s to provide students with a classical education teaching art, Latin, and business....

, Yale, Mississippi

Yale, Mississippi

Yale is a ghost town in Itawamba County, Mississippi, United States. Located 11 miles northeast of Fulton, the county seat, it lay near the site of the present community of Fairview. The nearest incorporated community is the town of Tremont, to the south. The population of Yale in 1900 was 21. ...

, and Iuka Normal Institute

Iuka Normal Institute

Iuka Normal Institute was a normal school founded in Iuka, Mississippi in 1882, reportedly the first normal school built south of the Mason-Dixon Line. It operated as a day school and boarding school, offering classes from first to tenth grades. In 1892, graduates of their tenth grade were deemed...

 at Iuka, Mississippi

Iuka, Mississippi

Iuka is a city in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 3,059 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Tishomingo County. Woodall Mountain, the highest point in Mississippi, is located just south of Iuka.- History :...

, then taught in the public schools of Tishomingo

Tishomingo County, Mississippi

As of the census of 2000 there were 19,163 people, 7,917 households, and 5,573 families residing in the county. The population density was 45 people per square mile . There were 9,553 housing units at an average density of 22 per square mile...

, Alcorn

Alcorn County, Mississippi

There were 14,224 households out of which 30.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.50% were married couples living together, 11.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.30% were non-families. 27.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.90% had...

, and Chickasaw

Chickasaw County, Mississippi

-National protected areas:* Natchez Trace Parkway * Tombigbee National Forest -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 19,440 people, 7,253 households, and 5,287 families residing in the county. The population density was 39 people per square mile . There were 7,981 housing units at an...

 counties in Mississippi from 1903 to 1908.

He was graduated from the Georgie Robertson Christian College in Henderson, Tennessee

Henderson, Tennessee

Henderson is an incorporated city in Chester County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 5,670 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Chester County...

, in 1905 and from the law department of the University of Mississippi at Oxford in 1909. He was admitted to the bar in 1909 and commenced practice of law at Houston, Mississippi

Houston, Mississippi

Houston is a city in and one of two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 4,079 at the 2000 census. The land on which Houston, MS resides was donated to the city by Judge Joel Pinson on the condition that it would be named for Sam Houston, a childhood...

. He served as prosecuting attorney of Chickasaw County 1912-1920.

Busby was elected as a Democrat

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 to the Sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923-January 3, 1935). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934. He resumed the practice of law in Houston, Mississippi

Houston, Mississippi

Houston is a city in and one of two county seats of Chickasaw County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 4,079 at the 2000 census. The land on which Houston, MS resides was donated to the city by Judge Joel Pinson on the condition that it would be named for Sam Houston, a childhood...

, until his death there on October 18, 1964. He was interred in Houston Cemetery.