Archibald Hill Carmichael

Archibald Hill Carmichael (* June 17, 1864 near Sylvan Grove in Dale County, Alabama; † July 15, 1947 in Tuscumbia, Colbert County, Alabama) was an American lawyer and politician (Democratic Party).

Career

Archibald Hill Carmichael attended a public school. He graduated in 1886 at the Law Faculty of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. He was admitted as a lawyer in the same year and then began to practice in Tuscumbia. He was 1890-1894 worked as a solicitor at the 8th Judicial District of Alabama. Then he took in 1901 as a delegate part in the constitutional convention of Alabama. He was 1907-1911 and again 1915-1919 Member of the House of Representatives from Alabama. During this time he held the post of Speaker 1907-1911. Carmichael attended the Democratic National Conventions of 1916, 1928 and 1932 as a delegate (at large). He was 1919-1923 Member of the Senate of Alabama. He was also a member of the 1919-1947 State Board of Education as well as 1920-1947 in the Education Committee of Tuscumbia. In addition, he was 1924-1947 curator at the University of Alabama. Carmichael was elected to the 73rd U.S. Congress, there to fill the vacancy, created by the death of Edward B. Almon. He was re- elected to the 74th U.S. Congress. Carmichael worked in the U.S. House of Representatives on 14 November 1933 to 3 January 1937. He decided in 1936 not to run a second time. Then he went back to his work as a lawyer after, but was also, until his death in banking business operates. He was buried at the Oakwood Cemetery.