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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeThomas Dickens ARNOLD
(1798-1870)
ARNOLD, Thomas Dickens, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Spotsylvania County, Va.,
May 3, 1798; moved with his parents to Knox County, Tenn., in 1808;
was tutored privately; at the age of fourteen enlisted as a drummer
boy in the War of 1812; taught school in Knox and Grainger
Counties; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1820 and
commenced practice in Knoxville, Tenn.; elected as an
Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-second Congress (March 4, 1831-March
3, 1833); an attempt was made by Morgan A. Heard to assassinate him
on May 14, 1832, as he descended the west steps of the Capitol; was
made brigadier general of the Tennessee Militia in 1836; moved to
Greeneville, Tenn.; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh
Congress (March 4, 1841-March 3, 1843); chairman, Committee on
Claims (Twenty-seventh Congress); was not a candidate for
reelection to the Twenty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of
law in Greeneville; died while attending court in Jonesboro,
Washington County, Tenn., May 26, 1870; interment in Oak Grove
Cemetery, Greeneville, Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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