United States Representatives from Alabama 6

	TAYLOR, George Washington (1849-1932)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born on “Roselawn” plantation near Montgomery, Montgomery County, Ala., January 16, 1849; attended private schools; while a schoolboy in Columbia, S.C., enlisted in the Confederate Army in November 1864, and served until the end of the war; was graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1867; taught school in Mobile, Ala., and studied law; was admitted to the bar in Mobile, Ala., in November 1871 and commenced practice in Butler, Choctaw County, Ala., in 1872; member of the State house of representatives in 1878 and 1879; State solicitor for the first judicial circuit of Alabama 1880-1892; declined a third term; moved to Demopolis, Marengo County, Ala., in 1883; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1915); was not a candidate for renomination in 1914; resumed the practice of law in Demopolis, Ala.; chairman of the State Democratic convention which called the constitutional convention in 1901; was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1920; died in Rome, Ga., while on a visit in that city, on December 21, 1932; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914 Representative Democrat 62 1911-1912 Representative Democrat 61 1909-1910 Representative Democrat 60 1907-1908 Representative Democrat 59 1905-1906 Representative Democrat 58 1903-1904 Representative Democrat 57 1901-1902 Representative Democrat 56 1899-1900 Representative Democrat 55 1897-1898

Image currently unavailable	THOMPSON, Charles Winston (1860-1904)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Tuskegee, Macon County, Ala., December 30, 1860; attended the common schools and Park High School in Tuskegee, Ala.; was graduated from Bryant and Stratton’s Business College, Louisville, Ky., in 1878; engaged in mercantile pursuits; president of the Bank of Tuskegee, Ala.; county superintendent of education for Macon County 1886-1888; appointed in 1896 lieutenant colonel on the staff of Gov. Joseph F. Johnston and served in that capacity until the end of the Governor’s term; member of the State senate in 1898; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth Congresses and served from March 4, 1901, until his death in Washington, D.C., March 20, 1904; interment in the City Cemetery, Tuskegee, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 58 1903-1904 Representative Democrat 57 1901-1902

	TURNER, Benjamin Sterling (1825-1894)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Weldon, Halifax County, N.C., March 17, 1825; raised as a slave; received no early education; moved to Alabama in 1830 and by clandestine study obtained a fair education; engaged in mercantile pursuits; elected tax collector of Dallas County in 1867; councilman of the city of Selma in 1869; elected as a Republican to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1880; engaged in agricultural pursuits in Alabama; died in Selma, Dallas County, Ala., March 21, 1894; interment in Live Oak Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 42 1871-1872

	TURPIN, Louis Washington (1849-1903)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va., February 22, 1849; his parents having died he moved to Alabama with his sister and settled in Perry County in 1858; self-educated; engaged in agricultural pursuits; tax assessor of Hale County 1873-1880; chairman of the Democratic committee of Hale County for six years; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Forty-eighth Congress; presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1889, to June 4, 1890, when he was succeeded by John V. McDuffie, who contested his election; elected to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895); unsuccessful candidate for renomination; retired from politics and engaged in planting; died in Greensboro, Ala., February 3, 1903; interment in the City Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative   53 1893-1894 Representative   52 1891-1892 Representative   51 1889-1890

Image currently unavailable	TYSON, John Russell (1856-1923)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Lowndes County, Ala., November 28, 1856; attended the public schools; was graduated from Howard College, Marion, Ala., in 1877 and from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., in 1879; studied law; was admitted to the Alabama bar in 1879 and commenced the practice of law in Hayneville, Ala.; member of the Alabama State house of representatives in 1880; moved to Montgomery, Ala., in 1884 and resumed the practice of law; elected a member of the city council in May 1889 and its president in May 1891, resigning in October 1892, having been appointed to the circuit court; served as judge of the circuit court 1892-1898; associate justice of the supreme court of Alabama 1898-1906, and served as chief justice from November 1906 to February 28, 1909, when he resigned; resumed the practice of law in Montgomery, Ala.; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses, and served from March 4, 1921, until his death in Rochester, Minn., on March 27, 1923; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 68 1923-1924 Representative Democrat 67 1921-1922

	UNDERWOOD, Oscar Wilder (1862-1929)
	Bio: (grandson of Joseph Rogers Underwood), a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., May 6, 1862; attended the common schools, the Rugby School, Louisville, Ky., and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1884 and commenced practice in Birmingham, Ala.; presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-fourth Congress and served from March 4, 1895, to June 9, 1896, when he was succeeded by Truman H. Aldrich, who contested his election; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fifth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1897-March 3, 1915); did not seek renomination in 1914, having become a candidate for Senator; minority whip (Fifty-sixth Congress); majority leader 1911-1915; chairman, Committee on Ways and Means (Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1912 and 1924; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1914; reelected in 1920, and served from March 4, 1915, to March 3, 1927; declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1926; minority leader 1920-1923; chairman, Committee on Cuban Relations (Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses); represented the United States as a member of the Conference on Limitation of Armament in 1921 and 1922; represented the United States as a delegate to the Sixth International Conference of American States at Havana, Cuba, in 1928; retired to his estate, ‘Woodlawn Mansion,’ near Accotink, Fairfax County, Va., and engaged in literary pursuits until his death there on January 25, 1929; interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, Birmingham, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Senator Democrat 69 1925-1926 Senator Democrat 68 1923-1924 Senator Democrat 67 1921-1922 Senator Democrat 66 1919-1920 Senator Democrat 65 1917-1918 Senator Democrat 64 1915-1916 Representative Democrat 63 1913-1914 Representative Democrat 62 1911-1912 Representative Democrat 61 1909-1910 Representative Democrat 60 1907-1908 Representative Democrat 59 1905-1906 Representative Democrat 58 1903-1904 Representative Democrat 57 1901-1902 Representative Democrat 56 1899-1900 Representative Democrat 55 1897-1898 Representative Democrat 54 1895-1896

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Image currently unavailable	WALKER, Percy (1812-1880)
	Bio: (son of John Williams Walker and great-great-uncle of Richard Walker Bolling), a Representative from Alabama; born in Huntsville, Madison County, Ala., in December 1812; completed preparatory studies; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1835; commenced the practice of medicine in Mobile, Ala.; served in the campaign against the Creek Indians; studied law; was admitted to the bar and practiced in Mobile; State’s attorney for the sixth judicial district; member of the State house of representatives in 1839, 1847, and 1853; elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1857); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1856; died in Mobile, Ala., December 31, 1880; interment in Magnolia Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative American Party 34 1855-1856

Image currently unavailable	WEATHERFORD, Zadoc Lorenzo (1888-1983)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born on a farm in Marion County, Ala., near Vina, Franklin County, February 4, 1888; attended the public schools; was graduated from the medical department of the University of Tennessee at Memphis, M.D., 1914; served as an intern in St. Joseph Hospital, Memphis, Tenn., 1914-1916; moved to Red Bay, Ala., in 1916 and commenced general medical practice; during the First World War served from August 26, 1917, as battalion surgeon in the Three Hundred and Twenty-sixth Infantry and was discharged on October 6, 1920; awarded the Purple Heart Medal; was subdistrict medical officer, United States Veterans’ Bureau, Montgomery, Ala., 1922-1924; resumed medical practice in Red Bay, Ala.; also interested in banking and agricultural pursuits, with farming interests in both Alabama and Mississippi; served in the State senate from 1939 until elected to Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William B. Bankhead and served from November 5, 1940, to January 3, 1941; was not a candidate for the full term; resumed his medical profession, retiring from active practice January 1, 1958; mayor of Red Bay, Ala., 1945-1948; vice chairman Franklin County Democratic Committee, 1933-1937; president of the Bank of Red Bay, 1938-1970; was a resident of Red Bay, Ala., until his death on May 21, 1983.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 76 1939-1940

	WHEELER, Joseph (1836-1906)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Augusta, Ga., September 10, 1836; attended local schools and the Episcopal Academy, Cheshire, Conn.; was graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, 1859; attended the Cavalry School at Carlisle, Pa., 1859-1860; transferred to the Mounted Rifles June 26, 1860; second lieutenant September 1, 1860, and served in New Mexico; resigned from the United States Army February 27, 1861; appointed lieutenant of Artillery in the Confederate Army on April 3, 1861; successively promoted to the grade of colonel, brigadier general, and major general, and was commissioned lieutenant general in February 1865; in 1862 was assigned to the command of the Army Corps of Cavalry of the Western Army, continuing in that position until the war closed; senior Cavalry general of the Confederate Armies May 11, 1864; studied law; was admitted to the bar and engaged in practice at Wheeler, Ala., and also became a planter; presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Forty-seventh Congress and served from March 4, 1881, to June 3, 1882, when he was succeeded by William M. Lowe, who contested his election; subsequently elected to the same Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William M. Lowe and served from January 15 to March 3, 1883; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-ninth and to the seven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1885, to April 20, 1900, when he resigned; chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Fiftieth Congress), Committee on Territories (Fifty-third Congress); served in the Spanish-American War; commissioned major general of Volunteers May 4, 1898, and assigned to command of a Cavalry division, United States Army; senior member of the commission which negotiated the surrender of Santiago and the Spanish Army in Cuba; during the Philippine Insurrection commanded the First Brigade, Second Division, Eighth Army Corps, in the Tarlac campaign and in several other operations in central Luzon from July 8, 1899, to January 24, 1900; commissioned brigadier general in the United States Regular Army June 16, 1900; retired September 10, 1900; died in Brooklyn, N.Y., January 25, 1906; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 56 1899-1900 Representative Democrat 55 1897-1898 Representative Democrat 54 1895-1896 Representative Democrat 53 1893-1894 Representative Democrat 52 1891-1892 Representative Democrat 51 1889-1890 Representative Democrat 50 1887-1888 Representative Democrat 49 1885-1886 Representative Democrat 47 1881-1882

Image currently unavailable	WHITE, Alexander (1816-1893)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born in Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., October 16, 1816; moved with his parents to Courtland, Ala., in 1821; pursued an academic course and attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville; served in the Seminole War in 1836; moved to Talladega, Ala., in 1837; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced practice in Talladega; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); moved to Selma, Ala., in 1856 and continued the practice of law; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1865; member of the State house of representatives in 1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress; appointed an associate justice of the United States Court for the Territory of Utah in 1875, serving only a few months; moved to Dallas, Tex., in 1876 and resumed the practice of law; died in Dallas December 13, 1893; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Republican 43 1873-1874 Representative Whig 32 1851-1852

Image currently unavailable	WILEY, Oliver Cicero (1851-1917)
	Bio: (brother of Ariosto Appling Wiley), a Representative from Alabama; born in Troy, Pike County, Ala., January 30, 1851; attended the common schools; member of the town council for five years; chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Pike County 1884-1886; member of the Democratic State executive committee in 1888; was president of the Alabama Midland Railway during its construction, from 1887 to 1892; president of the board of directors of the State normal college at Troy, Ala.; director of the Farmers & Merchants’ National Bank at Troy; vice president and general manager of the Standard Chemical & Oil Co. at Troy; elected as a Democrat to the Sixtieth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his brother, Ariosto Appling Wiley, and served from November 3, 1908, to March 3, 1909; died in Troy, Ala., October 18, 1917; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 60 1907-1908

	WILEY, Ariosto Appling (1848-1908)
	Bio: (brother of Oliver Cicero Wiley), a Representative from Alabama; born in Clayton, Barbour County, Ala., November 6, 1848; moved with his parents to Troy, Pike County, Ala.; attended the common schools and was graduated from Emory and Henry College, Emory, Va., in 1870; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1871 and commenced practice in Clayton, Ala.; moved to Montgomery, Ala., the same year and continued the practice of law; was captain of a Cavalry troop of the Alabama National Guard and later a lieutenant colonel commanding the Second Regiment of Infantry of the Alabama National Guard; member of the State house of representatives in 1884, 1885, 1888, 1889, 1896, and 1897; served in the State senate 1890-1893, 1898, and 1899; appointed by President McKinley on June 9, 1898, lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Regiment, United States Volunteer Infantry, and served during the Spanish-American War; legal adviser and chief of staff to Gen. Henry W. Lawton in Santiago, Cuba, and assisted Gen. Leonard Wood in the establishment of civil government in the eastern Province; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1888; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1901, until his death at Hot Springs, Bath County, Va., June 17, 1908; interment in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Ala.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 60 1907-1908 Representative Democrat 59 1905-1906 Representative Democrat 58 1903-1904 Representative Democrat 57 1901-1902

Image currently unavailable	WILLIAMS, Thomas (1825-1903)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Richmond, Greensville County, Va., on August 11, 1825; attended preparatory schools and was graduated from the University of East Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in Wetumpka, Elmore County, Ala.; justice of the peace; register in chancery; appointed prison inspector in 1872; member of the State house of representatives in 1878; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1885); engaged in agricultural pursuits and resided in Wetumpka, Ala., until his death April 13, 1903; interment in the City Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 48 1883-1884 Representative Democrat 47 1881-1882 Representative Democrat 46 1879-1880

Image currently unavailable	WILLIAMS, Jeremiah Norman (1829-1915)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Louisville, Barbour County, Ala., May 29, 1829; attended the preparatory schools of Barbour County and was graduated from the University of South Carolina at Columbia in 1852; studied law in Montgomery and Tuskegee; was admitted to the bar in 1855 and commenced practice in Clayton, Barbour County, Ala.; volunteered for service in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and was made captain of the Clayton Guards, later becoming major of the First Regiment, Alabama Infantry; elected a member of the State house of representatives in 1872, but was not allowed to take his seat; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1879); chairman, Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department (Forty-fifth Congress); chancellor of the third division 1893-1899; resumed the practice of law in Clayton, Ala.; member of the State constitutional convention in 1901; died in Clayton, Ala., May 8, 1915; interment in the City Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 45 1877-1878 Representative Democrat 44 1875-1876

Image currently unavailable	WILLIAMS, Thomas (1825-1903)
	Bio: a Representative from Alabama; born near Richmond, Greensville County, Va., on August 11, 1825; attended preparatory schools and was graduated from the University of East Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1852 and commenced practice in Wetumpka, Elmore County, Ala.; justice of the peace; register in chancery; appointed prison inspector in 1872; member of the State house of representatives in 1878; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and Forty-eighth Congresses (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1885); engaged in agricultural pursuits and resided in Wetumpka, Ala., until his death April 13, 1903; interment in the City Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 48 1883-1884 Representative Democrat 47 1881-1882 Representative Democrat 46 1879-1880

	YANCEY, William Lowndes (1814-1863)
	Bio: (uncle of Joseph Haynsworth Earle), a Representative from Alabama; born at the Falls of the Ogeechee, Warren County, Ga., August 10, 1814; attended preparatory school and Williams College, Williamstown, Mass.; studied law in Sparta, Ga., was admitted to the bar in 1834 and commenced practice in Greenville, S.C.; moved to Cahawba, Ala., in 1836; temporarily abandoned the practice of law and became a cotton planter; editor of the Cahawba Democrat and the Cahawba Gazette; moved to Wetumpka, Ala., in 1839 and resumed the practice of law; member of the State house of representatives in 1841; served in the State senate in 1843; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dixon H. Lewis; reelected to the Twenty-ninth Congress and served from December 2, 1844, to September 1, 1846, when he resigned; moved to Montgomery, Ala., in 1846; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1848, 1856, and 1860; member of the State constitutional convention which convened in Montgomery January 7, 1861; appointed chairman of the commission sent to Europe in 1861 to present the Confederate cause to the Governments of England and France; elected to the first Confederate States Senate February 21, 1862; died at his plantation home, near Mongtomery, Ala., July 26, 1863; interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Position Party Session of Congress Years Representative Democrat 29 1845-1846 Representative Democrat 28 1843-1844