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Show Lea Wins Toga in Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn. Luke Lea was elected to the United States senate on Monday. Lea's election came on the eleventh ballot and after one of the most complicated fights in Tennessee history. Mr. Lea is 32 years old. He comes from one of the oldest Tennessee Tennes-see families and is wealthy. He is a graduate of Sewanee and began practicing prac-ticing law here ten years ago. Several Sev-eral years ago he and others founded found-ed the Nashville Tennesseean, wh.ch later absorbed the Nashville American. Ameri-can. It was while serving as editor oi the Tennesseean that ex-Senator Ned Carmack was killed by the Coopers. |