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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeWilliam Coleman ANDERSON
(1853-1902)
ANDERSON, William Coleman,
a Representative from Tennessee; born at Tusculum, near
Greeneville, Greene County, Tenn., July 10, 1853; attended a rural
school; was graduated from Tusculum College, Greeneville, Tenn., in
1876; moved to Newport, Tenn., in 1876; while studying law was
assistant clerk of Cocke County 1877-1878; was admitted to the bar
in 1878 and commenced practice in Newport; member of the State
house of representatives 1881-1883; was a principal examiner in the
General Land Office at Washington, D.C., 1889-1892; promoted to
chief of the contest division February 1, 1892, but resigned August
7, 1892; chief of the General Land Office from November 23, 1892,
until April 11, 1893; returned to Newport, Cocke County, in 1893
and resumed the practice of law; elected as a Republican to the
Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful
candidate for renomination in 1896; founder and editor of Plain
Talk, a weekly newspaper published in Newport; member of the city
council at the time of his death in Newport, Tenn., September 8,
1902; interment in Union Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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