词条 | Richard Boone Cheatham |
释义 |
| name = Richard Boone Cheatham | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = December 8, 1824 | birth_place = Robertson County, Tennessee, U.S. | death_date = {{d-da|May 7, 1877|December 8, 1824}} | death_place = Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. | resting_place_coordinates = | residence = Mansfield Cheatham House, Springfield, Tennessee, U.S. | nationality = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | alma mater = University of Nashville | employer = | occupation = Politician | title = | salary = | networth = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = Frances Ann Bugg | children = Katherine "Kitty" Cheatham | parents = Richard Cheatham | relatives = Edward Saunders Cheatham (brother) Boyd M. Cheatham (brother) }} Richard Boone Cheatham (December 8, 1824 – May 7, 1877) was an American politician based in Nashville, Tennessee. He was serving as the mayor of Nashville, Tennessee during the opening years of the Civil War. After the war he served again as alderman of the city, and later as a representative to the State House, 1869-1871. Early lifeCheatham was born in Robertson County, Tennessee in 1824.[1] He had two brothers, Edward Saunders Cheatham and Boyd M. Cheatham. Their father Richard Cheatham was a Whig politician and was elected in 1836 to the U.S. House of Representatives.[1] Cheatham graduated from the University of Nashville.[1] PoliticsCheatham served as the clerk of the Tennessee House of Representatives.[1] He was elected as an alderman in 1858, and as the Mayor of Nashville in 1860.[1] He was removed from power by military governor Andrew Johnson when Union forces occupied the city beginning in 1862.[1] After the American Civil War, Cheatham was elected as an alderman of Nashville in 1865, and as the president of the board of aldermen in 1866.[1] Cheatham was elected during the Reconstruction era as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, serving from 1869 to 1871.[1] His district included Davidson County as well as Robertson, Cheatham and Montgomery counties.[1] He also served on the county court.[1] Personal life and deathCheatham was married to Frances Ann Bugg. They lived at his family residence, the Mansfield Cheatham House in Springfield, Tennessee.[2] Cheatham on May 7, 1877 in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] His funeral was held at the First Presbyterian Church.[1] He was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Nashville. His two brothers, Edward Saunders Cheatham (1818-1878) and Boyd M. Cheatham, also served in the Tennessee state legislature. One of his daughters, Katherine "Kitty" Cheatham (born in 1864), became a famous children's musician. His cousin was Major General Benjamin Franklin Cheatham. References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{cite news|title=Death of Col. R. B. Cheatham|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/118771484/?terms=%22R.%2BB.%2BCheatham%22|work=The Tennessean|date=May 8, 1877|page=4|via=Newspapers.com|registration=yes}} {{refbegin}}2. ^{{cite web|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Mansfield Cheatham House|url=http://focus.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=02f104cc-73c6-43ca-a75e-1c8d7f0a4eb3|website=National Park Service|accessdate=August 19, 2016}} Further reading
first=Mark | last=Zimmerman | coauthors= | title=Guide to Civil War Nashville | publisher=Battle of Nashville Preservation Society | location=Nashville | year=2004 | editor=| isbn=0-9747236-0-6}} {{refend}}{{s-start}}{{s-off}}{{succession box | before = Samuel N. Hollingsworth | title = Mayor of Nashville, Tennessee | years = 1860-1862 | after = John Hugh Smith}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheatham, Richard Boone}}{{Tennessee-mayor-stub}} 8 : 1824 births|1877 deaths|People from Springfield, Tennessee|University of Nashville alumni|Mayors of Nashville, Tennessee|Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives|19th-century American politicians|Cheatham family |
随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。