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Lewis Tillman

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Lewis Tillman
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 4th district
In office
March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
Preceded byJames Mullins
Succeeded byJohn M. Bright
Personal details
Born(1816-08-18)August 18, 1816
Shelbyville, Tennessee
DiedMay 3, 1886(1886-05-03) (aged 69)
Shelbyville, Tennessee
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMary Catherine Davidson Tillman
ChildrenMary Catherine Tillman, John Marshall Tillman
Professionsoldier, 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

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

Career

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Lewis Tillman". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Lewis Tillman". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Lewis Tillman". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Tennessee's 4th congressional district

March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1871
Succeeded by