United States, Georgia, Polk County, Cedartown, 34.01123, -85.25593Harris and Ewing (Washington, DC?)1920"Cedartown, ca. 1920. Senator William Julius Harris, 1868-1932; state senator, 1911-1912; Director, U.S. Census Bureau and Secretary of Commerce, 1913-1915; U.S. Senator 1918-1932."--from field notes2003/07/14: William J. Harris was the great-grandson of Charles Hooks. He was born in Cedartown on February 3, 1868. He was a member of Georgia state senate from 1911-12. Joining the Democratic Party, he served as the Georgia Democratic state chair from 1912-13. Later, he served as an U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1919-32. He died in office in 1932 in Washington, D.C. on April 18, 1932 and was buried at Greenwood Cemetery, Cedartown, Ga. A monument was dedicated to him at Greenwood Cemetery.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950Municipal services--Georgia--CedartownGeorgia--Politics and governmentPortraits--Georgia--Cedartown[Photograph of Senator William Julius Harris, Cedartown, Polk County, Georgia, ca. 1920]StillImage