Background
Courtney, Wirt was born on September 7, 1889 in Franklin, Tennessee, United States. Son of Wirt and Anne (Neely) Courtney.
Courtney, Wirt was born on September 7, 1889 in Franklin, Tennessee, United States. Son of Wirt and Anne (Neely) Courtney.
Educated Battleground Academy, Franklin, Tennessee, 1903-1907, Vanderbilt University, 1907-1911, Sorbonne, Paris, 1918-1919.
Admitted to Tennessee Barometer Practiced, 1911-1917. Lieutenant Infantry, United States Army, with American Expeditionary Forces (wounded), 1917-1919.
Law practice, 1919-1932.
Adjutant general of Tennessee, 1932. Brigadier general Tennessee National Guard.
Circuit judge, 1933-1939.
Member 76th to 80th Congresses (1939-1949), 7th Tennessee District. Member Sigma Chirurgical; Mason (Shriner), Elk.
Married Currey Taylor, 1919. Children: Jane Anne (Mistress Alexander Klieforth), Wirt, III, Richard Eastman, Robin Spencer.