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词条 Lewis Tillman
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  1. Biography

  2. Career

  3. Death

  4. References

  5. External links

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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

Tillman was born near Shelbyville, Tennessee in Bedford County. He attended the common schools and pursued an academic course.

Career

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

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]

References

1. ^{{cite web | title=Lewis Tillman| url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000277| publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress| accessdate=8 April 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web | title=Lewis Tillman| url=http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/lewis_tillman/410850| publisher=Govtrack US Congress| accessdate=8 April 2013}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Lewis Tillman|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tillman.html|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=8 April 2013}}

External links

  • {{Find a Grave|7931703}}
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8 : 1816 births|1886 deaths|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee|Southern Unionists in the American Civil War|Clerks|Tennessee Republicans|Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives|19th-century American politicians

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