Damon Rivers Headden
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Damon Rivers Headden (1926 – 1958) was majority leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1955 to 1958.
A Democrat from Ridgely,[1] Headden represented a district from the northern part of West Tennessee. One of his major interests was increasing the state's investment in its properties surrounding Reelfoot Lake, both as a conservation measure and as a way of stimulating economic development in what was a relatively impoverished area of the state.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". This work included seeking to end the practice of selling game fish taken from the lake and directing funding towards Reelfoot Lake State Park.[2] Headden's first term began in 1953, and he was re-elected twice.[3] He was the floor leader of the Tennessee House of Representatives for two legislative sessions,[1] sharing the duty for the 79th General Assembly which began in 1955 with Eugene Collins,[4] and then holding the role by himself for the following legislative session which began in 1957.[5]
Headden died on July 3, 1958 of spinal meningitis. The Memphis Press-Scimitar, in an obituary of Headden, described him as "one of the rising political figures" in Tennessee.[2] Outside of politics, Headden managed the family cotton farm and lumber business after the death of his father in 1953. Headden's father, Henry Damon Headden, was a former member of the Tennessee legislature.[3]
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