Thaddeus Caraway
| Thaddeus H. Caraway | |
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United States Senator from Arkansas |
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In office March 4, 1921 – November 6, 1931 |
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| Preceded by | William F. Kirby |
| Succeeded by | Hattie Caraway |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 1st district |
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In office March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1921 |
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| Preceded by | Robert B. Macon |
| Succeeded by | William J. Driver |
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October 17, 1871 Springhill, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA |
| Died | November 6, 1931 (aged 60) Little Rock, Arkansas |
| Resting place | Oaklawn Cemetery in Jonesboro, Arkansas |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | U.S. Senator Hattie Caraway |
| Children | Paul Caraway; Forrest Caraway; Robert Caraway |
| Parents | Tolbert and Mary Ellen Caraway |
| Residence | Jonesboro, Arkansas |
| Alma mater | Dickson (Tennessee) Normal College |
| Occupation | Educator; Lawyer |
Thaddeus Horatius Caraway (October 17, 1871 – November 6, 1931) was a Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of Arkansas who represented the state first in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1913 to 1921 and then in the U.S. Senate from 1921 until his death.
Caraway was born on a farm near Springhill in Stoddard County in southeastern Missouri, the youngest of three children. His father, Tolbert Caraway, was a country physician and Confederate States of America veteran; his mother was Mary Ellen Caraway. When he was six months old, Tolbert Caraway was assassinated in a feud, and the family was left impoverished. Thaddeus worked as a farmhand from the age of seven, then later as a railroad section hand, a farm tenant, and as a sharecropper. He studied at night and attended the common schools as a boy.
In 1883, he moved with his parents to Clay County in northeastern Arkansas. In 1896, he graduated from Dickson College in Tennessee, and taught in country schools until 1899. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1900, having launched his practice in Osceloa in Mississippi County in eastern Arkansas. Later that year he moved to Lake City in Craighead County, Arkansas, and in 1901 he moved again, to Jonesboro, the county seat of Craighead County. Each time he continued his practice. In 1902, he married the former Hattie Wyatt, whom he had met at Dickson College. Together they had three children, Robert Easley, Forrest, and Paul Wyatt.
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