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Watson (THOMAS E DWARD a for two years)

THOMAS E(DWARD), a for two years at Mer- United States Senator from Georgia. He was born in Columbia co., Ga., in 1856, and after studying for cer College, taught school. After studying law he was admitted to the bar in 1875, for a time practiced in Thompson, elected to the Ga., and was a member of the State House of Representatives in 1882-3. He became identified with the Populist movement, and "Tom Watson's Magazine," in New York. tested unsuccessfully the elections of 1892 and 1894. At the Populist National Convention held in St. Louis in 1896 he was nominated for vice-president. For several years he conducted a Populist paper in Atlanta. In 1904 he was nominated for for president by the People's party. He began, in 1906, the publication of "Tom Watson's Magazine," in New York.

He also edited the "Weekly Jeffersonian."

In 1920 he was nominated for United SIR WILLIAM WATSON of the Asiatic Fleet, and for two years States Senator and was elected. He de- voted much time to the study of French history and wrote "The Story of France" (1898) ; "Life of Napoleon" (1902). His voted much time to the study of French history and wrote "The Story of France" WATSON other writings include "Life and Times of Thomas Jefferson" (1903); "Life and Times of Andrew Jackson" (1907); "The Socialist and Socialism" (1909); "The Story of the West and South" (1911).