FAMILY HISTORIES OF
PERSONS BURIED AT
GREENWOOD CEMETERY
CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEE
 
 

JAMES EDMUND BAILEY

1. James Edmund Bailey is the ONLY C’villian (so far) to serve in the U.S. Senate.

2. He was elected to fill the unexpired senatorial term of Pres. Andrew Johnson when Sen
Johnson died in office, 1877. (Pres Johnson is the ONLY president (so far) to have run and won a seat in the senate AFTER he served as president!)

3. Remember Sen Bailey was uncle to Charles Henry Bailey, depicted on the Confederate monument.
 
 

Information used on the Greenwood Historic Tour of 2001.  Site location information may be found on the Greenwood Cemetery site.

Submitted by Randall Rubel  e-mail: RRUBEL@peoplepc.com

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