He graduated from Wofford with honors and received during his years there many medals for writing and for oratory. In later years that college bestowed upon him the honorary degree of doctor of laws and made him an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa. During his tenure of office he was chairman of the Immigration Committee. chairman of the Interstate Commerce Committee. and chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. He was elected to the Senate as representative of the cotton farmers of the South. and when he was made chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry he was therefore more pleased than at any time during his career. Noted for his fiery tongue and implacable anger. he was nevertheless also a notably just chairman.
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