Thomas F. Tipton
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Thomas Foster Tipton was a U.S. Representative
from Illinois
.
Born near Harrisburg, Ohio
, Tipton attended the public schools.
He moved with his parents to McLean County, Illinois, in 1843.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar
in 1854 and commenced the practice of law.
State attorney for the eighth judicial district of Illinois in 1867 and 1868.
Tipton was elected circuit judge of the eighth judicial circuit in 1870, and upon the reorganization of the circuit court under the new constitution was reelected circuit judge of the fourteenth judicial circuit.
Tipton was elected as a Republican
to the Forty-fifth
Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth
Congress.
Tipton was again elected circuit judge and served from 1891 to 1897.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, February 7, 1904.
He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.
United States House of Representatives
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from Illinois
Illinois
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Born near Harrisburg, Ohio
Harrisburg, Ohio
Harrisburg is a village in Franklin and Pickaway counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 332 at the 2000 census.-History:Harrisburg was founded in 1836 by Joseph Chenowith and surveyed and platted by Frederick Cole...
, Tipton attended the public schools.
He moved with his parents to McLean County, Illinois, in 1843.
He studied law.
He was admitted to the bar
Admission to the bar in the United States
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in 1854 and commenced the practice of law.
State attorney for the eighth judicial district of Illinois in 1867 and 1868.
Tipton was elected circuit judge of the eighth judicial circuit in 1870, and upon the reorganization of the circuit court under the new constitution was reelected circuit judge of the fourteenth judicial circuit.
Tipton was elected as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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to the Forty-fifth
45th United States Congress
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Congress (March 4, 1877-March 3, 1879).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth
46th United States Congress
The Forty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1879 to March 4, 1881, during the last two years of...
Congress.
Tipton was again elected circuit judge and served from 1891 to 1897.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, February 7, 1904.
He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.