Lewis Tillman
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 |
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| 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.
Biography
[edit source]Tillman was born near Shelbyville, Tennessee in Bedford County. He attended the common schools and pursued an academic course.
Career
[edit source]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.
Family
[edit source]Tillman was the son of John Tillman and his wife Rachel Povall Martin.[3] His uncle, Barclay Martin, also served as a U.S. congressman.[4]
On August 27, 1840, Tillman married Mary Catherine Davidson. They had eight sons and two daughters, seven of whom survived to adulthood.[3]
Their eldest child, James Davidson Tillman, was a Confederate colonel and postwar served as a Democratic member of the Tennessee Senate and was appointed U.S. Minister to Ecuador by President Grover Cleveland. His brother, Brigadier General Samuel Escue Tillman, was a West Point graduate who served as the Academy's Superintendent during World War I.
Another son, George Newton Tillman, was a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives who was later defeated by the Democratic candidate in both the 1896 and 1908 Tennessee gubernatorial elections.[5] His brother, Commander Edwin Hord Tillman, was a Naval Academy graduate who became a noted hydrographic surveyor and later served as superintendent of the New York Nautical School.[6][7]
Death
[edit source]Tillman died in Shelbyville on May 3, 1886. He was interred in Willow Mount Cemetery.[4]
References
[edit source]- ↑ "Lewis Tillman". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ↑ "Lewis Tillman". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- 1 2 Tillman, James David, Jr. (October 1963). Tillman & Hamilton Family Records, with Their Many Ancestral Lineages. Vol. Three. Meridian, Mississippi. p. 170. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1 2 "Lewis Tillman". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ↑ Tillman, Lewis, 3d; Tillman, Samuel E.; Tillman, Edwin H.; Tillman, Abram M. (1931). Biography of a Family. pp. 73–77. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Tillman et al. (1931). pp. 93–101.
- ↑ "Comdr.Tillman 79, Dies; Sailed 400,000 Miles". The Washington Post. March 25, 1938. p. X28. ProQuest 151088542. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
External links
[edit source]- United States Congress. "Lewis Tillman (id: T000277)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1816 births
- 1886 deaths
- People from Shelbyville, Tennessee
- Farmers from Tennessee
- United States Army personnel of the Seminole Wars
- Court clerks
- Southern Unionists in the American Civil War
- Republican Party United States representatives from Tennessee
- 19th-century American newspaper editors
- 19th-century United States representatives
