Oscar Lovette: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|American politician}}

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| name = Oscar Byrd Lovette

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| state1 = [[Tennessee]]

| district1 = [[Tennessee's 1st congressional district|1st]]

| term_start1 = March 4, 1931

| term_end1 = March 3, 1933

| preceded1 = [[B. Carroll Reece]]

| succeeded1 = [[B. Carroll Reece]]

| office2 = Member of the [[Tennessee House of Representatives]]

| term2 = 1895-1897

| birth_date = {{birth-date|December 20, 1871}}

| death_date = {{death-date and age|July 6, 1934|December 20, 1871}}

| birth_place = [[Greeneville, Tennessee]], United States

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| spouse = Lillie Fowler Lovette

| children = Leland P Lovette

| profession = [[Lawyer|Attorney]]

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banker

| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]

| alma_mater = [[Tusculum College]]

[[Vanderbilt University]]

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'''Oscar Byrd Lovette''' (December 20, 1871 &ndash; July 6, 1934) was a [[United States House of Representatives|United States Representative]] from [[Tennessee]].

==Biography==

Lovette was born in [[Greeneville, Tennessee]] and graduated from [[Parrottsville, Tennessee|Parrottsville]] [[High school (North America)|High School]], and, in 1893, from [[Tusculum College]]. He married Lillie Fowler on December 23, 1897,<ref>{{cite web|title=Oscar B. Lovette|url=http://tngenweb.org/whos-who/lovette-oscar-byrd/|publisher=Who's Who In Tennessee|accessdate=7 May 2013}}</ref> and they had four children.

==Career==

In 1894 Lovette was elected to the [[Tennessee House of Representatives]], serving from 1895 to 1897. During this period he studied [[law]] at [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], and was admitted to the [[bar (law)|bar]] in 1896. A [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], he was elected [[District Attorney]] for the former 1st Judicial District in his native [[East Tennessee]] in 1918, serving until 1926. He was also engaged in banking, serving as president of Citizens Savings Bank of Greenville from 1912 to 1918. He served as a trustee of Tusculum College;<ref>{{cite web|title=Oscar B. Lovette|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000467|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|accessdate=7 May 2013}}</ref> and was Clerk in the Quartermaster department of the U. S. A., in Cuba during Spanish–American War.

In 1930, Lovette ran as an Independent for United States Representative from the 1st Congressional District against incumbent [[B. Carroll Reece|Carroll Reece]] and defeated him. He served in the [[Seventy-second United States Congress|72nd Congress]] from March 4, 1931 to March 3, 1933.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oscar B. Lovette|url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/oscar_lovette/406956|publisher=Govtrack US Congress|accessdate=7 May 2013}}</ref> However, in 1932 Reece again sought the Republican nomination for his former seat and defeated Lovette, who had attempted to return to Congress as a Republican. Lovette contested the November election as an Independent, a practice then permissible under Tennessee law, but this time Reece turned back Lovette's Independent candidacy. Lovette then resumed practicing law until his death.

==Death==

Lovette died in Greeneville, Greene County, Tennessee on July 6, 1934 (age 62 years, 198 days). He is [[burial|interred]] at Oak Grove Cemetery, Greeneville, Tennessee.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oscar B. Lovette|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=7 May 2013}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

*{{Find a Grave|7019958}}

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[[Category:Tusculum University alumni]]

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