Lewis Tillman
Lewis Tillman | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | |
| Preceded by | James Mullins |
| Succeeded by | John M. Bright |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 18, 1816 Shelbyville, Tennessee |
| Died | May 3, 1886 (aged 69) Shelbyville, Tennessee |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Mary Catherine Davidson Tillman |
| Children | Mary Catherine Tillman, John Marshall Tillman |
| Profession | soldier, farmer, newspaper editor |
Lewis Tillman (August 18, 1816 – May 3, 1886) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
[edit]Tillman was born near Shelbyville, Tennessee in Bedford County. He attended the common schools and pursued an academic course.
Career
[edit]Tillman served in the Seminole War as a private and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a circuit court clerk of Bedford County from 1852 to 1860. He was a colonel of the state militia before the Civil War and the editor of a newspaper in Shelbyville. From 1865 to 1869, he was a clerk and master of the chancery court.[1]
Elected as a member of the Republican Party to the Forty-first Congress, Tillman served from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1871,[2] but was not a candidate for renomination in 1870. He returned to agricultural pursuits.
Death
[edit]Tillman died in Shelbyville on May 3, 1886. He was interred in Willow Mount Cemetery. His uncle, Barclay Martin, also served as a U.S. congressman.[3] His son James Davidson Tillman was a Confederate colonel and postwar served in the Tennessee Senate and was appointed U.S. Minister to Ecuador by President Grover Cleveland. His son Brigadier General Samuel Escue Tillman was a West Point graduate who served as the Academy's Superintendent during World War I.
References
[edit]- ^ "Lewis Tillman". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ "Lewis Tillman". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ "Lewis Tillman". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
External links
[edit]- United States Congress. "Lewis Tillman (id: T000277)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1816 births
- 1886 deaths
- Southern Unionists in the American Civil War
- Clerks
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
- 19th-century American legislators
- People from Shelbyville, Tennessee
- United States Army personnel of the Seminole Wars
- 19th-century American newspaper editors
- Farmers from Tennessee