Malcolm Connor TARVER, Congress, GA (1885-1960)

TARVER, Malcolm Connor, a Representative from Georgia; born in Rural Vale, Whitfield County, Ga., September 25, 1885; attended the public schools; was graduated from the law department of Mercer University, Macon, Ga., in 1904; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Dalton, Ga.; member of the State house of representatives 1909-1912; served in the State senate in 1913 and 1914; judge of the superior courts, Cherokee Circuit, Ga., 1917-1927; elected as a Democrat to the Seventieth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1927-January 3, 1947); one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1933 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against Harold Louderback, judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946; resumed the practice of law; died in Dalton, Ga., March 5, 1960; interment in West Hill Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present