Brown Bag Lecture with Congressman John Duncan, Jr.
March 8, 2022

On March 16th, Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr., will present "From Batboy to Congressman: Thirty Years in the U.S. House - Book Talk", a discussion focused on Congressman Duncan’s unique professional and personal development. Congressman Duncan served as U.S. Representative for Tennessee's Second District from 1988-2019. While he could have written a dense memoir, he chose to share anecdotes from his life. Join us to learn more about his family, early life, and time as a lawyer and judge and how these stories figure into his public service career. "As you will read in this book," writes Congressman Duncan, "every job gave me strange, funny, and unusual stories."

This program is one in a series of hybrid Brown Bag programs and lectures sponsored by the Albers Family Foundation in memory of Harriet Z. Albers. The East Tennessee Historical Society is privileged to share regional history with our members and the public.

About the Speaker
John J. Duncan, Jr., served as a respected criminal defense lawyer and judge before being elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in a special election in 1988 to replace his father, who had died in office.

About the East Tennessee Historical Society
Established in 1834, the East Tennessee Historical Society is widely acknowledged as one of the most active history organizations in the state and enjoys a national reputation for excellence in programming and education. For nearly 200 years, the East Tennessee Historical Society has been helping East Tennesseans hold on to our unique heritage—recording the events, collecting the artifacts, and saving the stories that comprise the history we all share.

The in-person event will be held at 12pm at the East Tennessee History Center, 601 South Gay Street. Please register on Eventbrite.

You may register for the Zoom event on Eventbrite.

The event will also be shown on Facebook at the start of the program.