John R. Tyson

John R. Tyson
John R. Tyson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Alabama's 2nd district
	In office; March 4, 1921 – March 27, 1923
Preceded by	S. Hubert Dent, Jr.
Succeeded by	J. Lister Hill
18th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
	In office; 1906–1909
Preceded by	Samuel D. Weakley Jr.
Succeeded by	James R. Dowdell
Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
	In office; 1898–1906
Alabama Circuit Court Judge
	In office; 1892–1898
Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
	In office; 1880
Personal details
Born	John Russell Tyson; November 28, 1856; Lowndes County, Alabama
Died	March 27, 1923 (aged 66); Rochester, Minnesota
Resting place	Montgomery, Alabama
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Lawyer, judge, politician
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John Russell Tyson (November 28, 1856 – March 27, 1923)[1] was an American lawyer, politician and judge. He served in the Alabama legislature before becoming a circuit judge, and later serving on the Alabama Supreme Court as associate justice and chief justice, before resigning to resume his legal practice. He won election and re-election as U.S. Representative from Alabama's 2nd congressional district in 1920, and died in office.[2]

Early and family life

Tyson graduated from Howard College, Marion, Alabama, in 1877 and from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1879. [3] He married Mary Dossie Jordan (1851-1926), daughter of Dr. James R. Jordan who died in Lexington, Virginia in 1862. Their children included Patsy J. Tyson (1881-1972), Ellen Tyson Noble (1887-1977) and James Jordan Tyson (1893-1966).[4]

Career

Admitted to the Alabama bar in 1879,[5] Tyson began his legal career in Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama.

He represented Lowndes County in the Alabama State house of representatives in 1880, and four years later moved to the state capital, Montgomery, Alabama, and established his legal practice there. Montgomery voters elected and re-elected Tyson as a member of the city council beginning in May 1889[6] and he begame its president in May 1891.[7] He resigned that position in October 1892, after accepting an appointment to the circuit court.

Judicial career

Tyson served as a circuit court judge from 1892-1898. He then served as associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1898–1906, then became its chief justice from November 1906 to February 28, 1909, when he resigned and resumed the practice of law in Montgomery, Alabama.

U.S. Congressman

Tyson was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses, and served from March 4, 1921, until his death in Rochester, Minnesota, on March 27, 1923.

Death and legacy

He died in Rochester, Minnesota, survived by his widow, two daughters and son. His remains were returned to Montgomery and interred in Oakwood Cemetery,[8] Montgomery, Alabama. His grandson, John M. Tyson Sr. continued the family's legal and political traditions, serving as a municipal judge and in both houses of the Alabama legislature representing Mobile, although he lost his race to represent Alabama's 1st congressional district in 1964.[9] His great-grandson John M. Tyson Sr. served as the Mobile County District Attorney, but lost his bids for statewide elective office.[10][11]

References

"John R. Tyson, U.S. Congress". geni_family_tree. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
"JOHN RUSSELL TYSON Nineteenth Chief Justice - 1906-1909" (PDF).
Onofrio, Jan (January 1, 1998). Alabama Biographical Dictionary. Somerset Publishers, Inc. ISBN 9780403098118.
findagrave.com no. 6432453
Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1906). Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis.
Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1906). Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis.
History, Alabama Department of Archives and (1908). Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Brown Printing Company.
"John Russell Tyson (1856-1923)". Find a Grave.
https://altoday.com/archives/13518-former-state-senator-civic-leader-john-tyson-dies
https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=20916
http://www.rotarytuscaloosa.com/archives/2337

United States Congress. "John R. Tyson (id: T000455)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Legal offices
Preceded by Samuel D. Weakley	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama 1906–1909	Succeeded by James R. Dowdell
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by S. Hubert Dent Jr.	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 2nd congressional district March 4, 1921 – March 27, 1923	Succeeded by J. Lister Hill

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[1] "John R. Tyson, U.S. Congress". geni_family_tree. Retrieved March 17, 2019.

[2] "JOHN RUSSELL TYSON Nineteenth Chief Justice - 1906-1909" (PDF).

[3] Onofrio, Jan (January 1, 1998). Alabama Biographical Dictionary. Somerset Publishers, Inc. ISBN 9780403098118.

[4] rave.com no. 6432453

[5] Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1906). Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis.

[6] Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson (1906). Who's who in America. A.N. Marquis.

[7] History, Alabama Department of Archives and (1908). Alabama Official and Statistical Register. Brown Printing Company.

[8] "John Russell Tyson (1856-1923)". Find a Grave.

[9] ttps://altoday.com/archives/13518-former-state-senator-civic-leader-john-tyson-dies

[10] ttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=20916

[11] ttp://www.rotarytuscaloosa.com/archives/2337