Alvan Cullom was an American politician that represented Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

's 4th district in the United States House of Representatives

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Biography

He was born in Monticello, Kentucky

Monticello, Kentucky

Monticello is a city in Wayne County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 5,981 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wayne County. It advertises itself as "The Houseboat Capital of the World" due to the large number of houseboat manufacturers in the city...

 on September 4, 1797. He received a liberal schooling, studied law, was admitted to the bar

Bar association

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 in 1823, and commenced practice in Monroe, Overton County, Tennessee. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives

Tennessee House of Representatives

The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee.-Constitutional requirements:...

 in 1835 and 1836. He was elected as a Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

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 to the 28th and 29th Congresses. He served from March 4, 1843 until March 3, 1847.

He resumed the practice of law, and served as the circuit judge of the fourth judicial circuit of Tennessee from 1850 to 1852. He was a member of the peace convention in 1861 held in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

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, in an effort to prevent the impending war

American Civil War

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. He died in Livingston, Tennessee

Livingston, Tennessee

Livingston is a town in Overton County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 3,498 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Overton County...

 on July 20, 1877. He was interred

Burial

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in Bethlehem Cemetery near Livingston.

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