Absalom Tatom | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's4th district | |
| In office December 7, 1795 – June 1, 1796 | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Mebane |
| Succeeded by | William F. Strudwick |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1742 (1742) North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | December 20, 1802(1802-12-20) (aged 59–60) Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Resting place | Old City Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Absalom Tatom (1742 – December 20, 1802) was aU.S. Congressman fromNorth Carolina from 1795 to 1796.
Born in North Carolina in 1742, Tatom was a sergeant in theGreenville, North Carolina Militia in 1763; he served in North Carolina Militia during theAmerican Revolutionary War, where he was commissionedfirst lieutenant on September 1, 1775, and promoted to the rank of captain June 29, 1776. He resigned from theContinental Army on September 19, 1776.
On August 15, 1778, Tatom enlisted as assistant quartermaster and keeper of the arsenal in the State service atHillsborough, North Carolina; he was contractor for Hillsborough in 1778 and named major of detachment of the North Carolina Light Horse February 12, 1779.
In 1779, Tatom served as clerk of court inRandolph County; he was elected to theNorth Carolina House of Commons, but, because of his county clerk position, was disqualified from service in the legislature. In 1781, Tatom was district auditor for Hillsborough.
Tatom rose in state government; in 1782, he was one of three commissioners appointed by Congress to survey lands granted to Continental soldiers in the western territory (later Tennessee); that same year, he was a private secretary of GovernorThomas Burke and statetobacco agent. TheContinental Congress named him surveyor of North Carolina in May 1785 and was named commissioner to sign State paper money in December 1785.
In 1788, Tatom was a delegate to the convention which considered ratification of theUnited States Constitution. In 1794, Tatom was elected as aDemocratic-Republican to the4th United States Congress where he served from March 4, 1795, until his resignation on June 1, 1796. Tatom was later a member of the state House of Commons from 1797 to 1802; he died inRaleigh, North Carolina, in December 1802 and is buried in theOld City Cemetery.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNorth Carolina's 4th congressional district 1795–1796 | Succeeded by |
