Nathan L. Bachman
United States Senator fromTennessee
In office March 4, 1933 – April 23, 1937
Preceded by	Cordell Hull
Succeeded by	George L. Berry
Personal details
Born	(1878-08-02)August 2, 1878 Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	April 23, 1937(1937-04-23) (aged 58) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Pearl McDuke

Nathan Lynn Bachman (August 2, 1878 – April 23, 1937) was aUnited States senator fromTennessee from 1933 until his death. He was a member of theDemocratic Party.

Bachman was born inChattanooga, Tennessee. His father was Dr. Jonathan W. Bachman, Confederate veteran and former pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Chattanooga. He attended severalcolleges, including the former Southwestern Presbyterian University inClarksville, Tennessee (the predecessor institution to the currentRhodes College inMemphis, Tennessee; thecampus is the current setting ofAustin Peay State University), Central University inRichmond, Kentucky (now merged withCentre College inDanville, Kentucky), andWashington and Lee University inLexington, Virginia. He then returned home, attending theChattanooga College of Law (then thelaw school of the former University of Chattanooga, now theUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanooga) before actually graduating from the law school of theUniversity of Virginia in 1903. He began the practice oflaw in Chattanooga that same year.

Bachman was Chattanooga city attorney from 1906 to 1908 andcircuit courtjudge from 1912 to 1918. In 1918 he became an associate justice of theTennessee Supreme Court, resigning in 1924 to run for the U.S. Senate. His 1924 campaign was unsuccessful and he returned to the practice of law.

However, on February 28, 1933, Bachman was appointed to the United States Senate bygovernor of TennesseeHill McAlister to the unexpired term of SenatorCordell Hull, who had resigned to accept the appointment ofPresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt to the office ofSecretary of State. In November, 1934, Bachman was elected to serve the remainder of Hull's unexpired senate term. He completed the term to which Hull had been elected.

In 1936, Bachman served as presiding officer during thesenate impeachment trial of JudgeHalsted L. Ritter.^[1] Later that same year, he was re-elected to a full senate. In early 1937, he died inWashington, D.C. having served less than four months of his new senate term.

Bachman was a prominent leader in the Masonic fraternity in Chattanooga, including the Knights Templar Commandery # 14. He was also an activeCivitan.^[2]

Driver died from a heart attack inWashington, D.C., on April 27, 1937 (age 58 years). He isinterred at Forest Hills Cemetery,Chattanooga, Tennessee.^[3]

The Bachman Tubes arehighwaytunnels onU.S. Highways 41/76 (Ringgold Road) through Missionary Ridge connecting Chattanooga with the adjacent town ofEast Ridge, which are named in his father's honor. Completed in 1929, these twin 1000-foot tunnels increased traffic to the area, necessitating road upgrades in East Ridge from tar-and-gravel to a four-lane highway in the mid-1930s.^[4][5]

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