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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromMississippi's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas U. Sisson |
| Succeeded by | Aaron L. Ford |
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| Born | Thomas Jefferson Busby July 26, 1884 (1884-07-26) Short, Mississippi, United States |
| Died | October 18, 1964(1964-10-18) (aged 80) |
| Resting place | Houston Cemetery |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Oakland College University of Mississippi at Oxford |
| Profession | Attorney, politician |
Thomas Jefferson Busby (July 26, 1884 – October 18, 1964) was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as aU.S. Representative fromMississippi from 1923 to 1935.
Born nearShort, Mississippi, Busby attended the common schools of his native city,Oakland College,Yale, Mississippi, andIuka Normal Institute. He then taught in the public schools ofTishomingo,Alcorn, andChickasaw counties in Mississippi from 1903 to 1908.
He graduated from theGeorgie Robertson Christian College inHenderson, Tennessee, in 1905 and from the law department of theUniversity of Mississippi at Oxford in 1909. He was admitted to the bar in 1909 and began practicing atHouston, Mississippi. He served as prosecuting attorney of Chickasaw County from 1912 to 1920.
Busby was elected as aDemocrat to the sixty-eighth and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935).
During his time in Congress, Busby pitched the idea of theNatchez Trace Parkway. His motivation was to create jobs for locals who were suffering from poverty during theGreat Depression until other work became available. He also believed that the project would be of interest to the people surrounding theNatchez Trace, and would impact multiple counties along the proposed 450 mile roadway. After its run through Congress and PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt, the project was given $50,000 to survey the Natchez Trace Trail and evaluate the possibility of Busby's Natchez Trace Parkway.[1]
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934.
He remained in Washington DC practicing law with his son Jeff Busby until 1958. He then returned to Houston, Mississippi where he practiced law.
He died in Houston, Mississippi on October 18, 1964. He was interred in Houston Cemetery.
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