- Walter Allen Watson
Walter Allen Watson (
November 25 ,1867 -December 24 ,1919 ) was a U.S. Representative fromVirginia .Born in
Nottoway County, Virginia , Watson attended "old field" school, and graduated fromHampden-Sydney College ,Virginia , in 1887.He studied law at theUniversity of Virginia inCharlottesville in 1888 and 1889.He was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced practice in Nottoway and adjoining counties in Virginia.He served as a member of theSenate of Virginia from 1891 to 1895 and acted asCommonwealth's Attorney from 1895 to 1904. He served as member of the Democratic state committee in 1901 and 1902. From 1904 to 1912, he served as Circuit judge of the fourth judicial circuit of Virginia.Watson was elected as a Democrat to the 63rd Congress and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from
March 4 ,1913 , until his death inWashington, D.C. ,December 24 ,1919 .He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 3 (65th Congress).He was interred in the family cemetery on his estate, "Woodland," in Nottoway County, Virginia.ource
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