Edward Everett Eslick
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Edward Everett Eslick (April 19, 1872 – June 14, 1932) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th congressional district of Tennessee.
He was born near Pulaski, Tennessee in Giles County. He attended public schools and Bethel College at Russellville, Kentucky. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1893, and commenced practice in Pulaski. He also engaged in banking and agricultural pursuits. During World War I, he served as a government appeal agent for Giles County.
He was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses. He served from March 4, 1925 until his death from a heart attack at the Capitol at Washington, D.C. on June 14, 1932, while addressing the House of Representatives. He was interred in Maplewood Cemetery in Pulaski, Tennessee. His wife, Willa McCord Eslick, was elected to fill out the remainder of his term in Congress.
