Horace Harrison Harrison | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 5th district | |
| In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 | |
| Preceded by | Edward I. Golladay |
| Succeeded by | John M. Bright |
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| Born | (1829-08-07)August 7, 1829 |
| Died | December 20, 1885(1885-12-20) (aged 56) |
| Political party | Republican |
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Horace Harrison Harrison (August 7, 1829 – December 20, 1885) was an Americanpolitician and a member of theUnited States House of Representatives for the5th congressional district ofTennessee.
He was the last Republican to serve as representative from Tennessee’s 5th congressional district, or to represent a significant portion ofNashville,[1] untilAndy Ogles was elected in 2022.
Harrison was born 7 August 1829 inLebanon, Tennessee inWilson County to Joshua Stone Harrison and Judith Coleman Turner. He attended Carroll Academy and completed the course in ancientclassics under a private instructor. He moved with his parents toMcMinnville,Warren County, Tennessee in 1841.
In Warren County, Harrison was clerk of the county court, master of thechancery court, andregister of deeds. In 1851 and 1852, he was clerk of theTennessee Senate. He studied law, was admitted to thebar in 1857, and commenced practice in McMinnville. He moved toNashville in 1859 and continued the practice of law. He served asUnited States Attorney from 1863 to 1866 and was a chancellor of the Nashville division in 1866. He was a judge of theTennessee Supreme Court in 1867 and 1868, one of the judges serving on the highly partisan "apocryphal" court, which was in place in Tennessee between the end of theAmerican Civil War and the enactment of the Constitution of 1870. The justices who served on this court "without exception, were bitter partisans" who "had all been Union men, and... took the partisan view of all questions growing out of the war". Of this group, Harrison is described as one of several "of mediocre ability, who could not by possibility have reached a position of such importance in ordinary times".[2] He was again a United States district attorney in 1872 and 1873.[3]
Harrison was elected as aRepublican to theForty-third Congress, but was unsuccessful as a candidate for re-election. He served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875.[4] He was the last Republican to representTennessee's 5th congressional district untilAndy Ogles was elected in2022, following redistricting that led to the district being favorable to the Republicans. He was a delegate to theRepublican National Convention in 1880. He was a member of the state legislature in 1880 and 1881.
On December 20, 1885, at the age of 56 years, 135 days, Harrison died inNashville, Tennessee. He isinterred atMount Olivet Cemetery.[5]
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