Full Name John Ambrose Tyson
Date of Birth December 12, 1873
Place of Birth Denmark, Tennessee
Year Appointed 1935
Degree/College/ B.S., Union University, Jackson, Tennessee
Degree/Law School B.L., Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, 1898
Private Practice Practiced law, Jackson, Tennessee, 1898-1904; Greenwood, Miss., 1904-35 (with exception of 3 ½ years)
Government Service Commd. Maj., Judge Advocate General's Department, Washington, D.C., 1918, lt. Col., 1919; Chief Counsel, Bd. Contract Adjustment, War Department, 1919-21, Member, Tennessee Legislature, 1903-05; Chairman, Ways and Means Committee, House of Representatives, 1903-05; Member, Miss. Legislature, 1908-10
Death November 14, 1971
Source Who Was Who in America (Vol. 5, Page 736).