Lewis Tillman | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromTennessee's4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | |
| Preceded by | James Mullins |
| Succeeded by | John M. Bright |
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| Born | (1816-08-18)August 18, 1816 |
| Died | May 3, 1886(1886-05-03) (aged 69) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Mary Catherine Davidson Tillman |
| Children | Mary Catherine Tillman, John Marshall Tillman |
| Profession | soldier, farmer, newspaper editor |
Lewis Tillman (August 18, 1816 – May 3, 1886) was an American politician and a member of theUnited States House of Representatives for the4th congressional district ofTennessee.
Tillman was born nearShelbyville, Tennessee inBedford County. He attended thecommon schools and pursued an academic course.
Tillman served in theSeminole War as a private and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a circuit court clerk of Bedford County from 1852 to 1860. He was acolonel of the state militia before theCivil War and the editor of a newspaper in Shelbyville. From 1865 to 1869, he was a clerk and master of thechancery court.[1]
Elected as a member of theRepublican Party to theForty-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.
Tillman died in Shelbyville on May 3, 1886. He wasinterred in Willow Mount Cemetery. His uncle,Barclay Martin, also served as a U.S. congressman.[3] His sonJames Davidson Tillman was a Confederate colonel and postwar served in the Tennessee Senate and was appointed U.S. Minister to Ecuador by PresidentGrover Cleveland. His son Brigadier GeneralSamuel Escue Tillman was a West Point graduate who served as the Academy's Superintendent during World War I.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromTennessee's 4th congressional district March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1871 | Succeeded by |
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