John Ridley Mitchell

John Ridley Mitchell

John Ridley Mitchell (September 26, 1877 - February 26, 1962) was a U.S. Representative from Tennessee.

Born in Livingston, Tennessee, Mitchell attended the public schools.He was graduated from Peabody College of Teachers, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1896. Private secretary to Representative C.E. Snodgrass 1899-1903.He was graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1904.He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Crossville, Tennessee.He served as member of the State Democratic executive committee 1910-1914.He served as assistant attorney general of the fifth circuit of Tennessee 1908-1918 and attorney general of the same circuit 1918-1925.He served as judge of the fifth circuit 1925-1931.He moved to Cookeville, Tennessee, in 1931.

Mitchell was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-second and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1931-January 3, 1939).He was not a candidate for renomination in 1938, but was unsuccessful for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator.He resumed the practice of law. Attorney in the office of Alien Property Custodian from January 1943 to September 1945.He served as special assistant to Attorney General in the Antitrust Division, at the United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., from 1945 to 1951.He died in Crossville, Tennessee, February 26, 1962.He was interred in Green Acres Memorial Gardens.

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