Watkins Overton

Samuel Watkins Overton Jr. was born in Memphis on June 5, 1894, to Samuel Watkins Overton Sr. and Mary Hill Overton. Watkins Overton Jr. was also the great-great-grandson of Judge John Overton, the founder of Memphis; his grandfather John Overton III also served as Mayor of Memphis from 1881 to 1883. Watkins Overton Jr. graduated with his AB degree from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin. During World War I, he served with the Ambulance Corps of AEF. He earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago in 1921. He was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Order of the Coif. After completing law school, Overton entered the practice of law in Memphis. ==Political career==

When Watkins Overton ran for Mayor of Memphis in 1927, aided by the E. H. Crump political machine,. His second term ended in acrimony: disgusted by the City Commission, he resigned on March 1, 1953. Watkins Overton died on December 2, 1958, in Memphis. ==References==