Lewis Tillman
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Lewis Tillman | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 4th district | |
| In office March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 | |
| Preceded by | James Mullins |
| Succeeded by | John M. Bright |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 18, 1816 |
| Died | May 3, 1886 (aged 69) |
| 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 the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee.
Tillman was born near Shelbyville, Tennessee in Bedford County. He attended the common schools and pursued an academic course.
Career
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.
