Death and Legacy
Harris died in office on July 8, 1897. His funeral was held in the Senate chamber of the United States Capitol and he is interred at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, where many prominent West Tennessee political figures are buried.
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I shall will to the common stock of air my breath
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