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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJohn Baptista ASHE
(1810-1857)
ASHE, John Baptista,
(brother of William Shepperd Ashe, nephew of John Baptista Ashe
[1748-1802], and cousin of Thomas Samuel Ashe), a Representative
from Tennessee; born in Rocky Point, Pender County, N.C., in 1810;
attended Fayetteville Academy and was graduated from Trinity
College, Hartford, Conn., in 1830; studied law; was admitted to the
bar in 1832; moved to Tennessee and commenced practice in
Brownsville; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March
4, 1843-March 3, 1845); moved to Galveston County, Tex., and
settled near Galveston; continued the practice of his chosen
profession until his death in Galveston, Tex., December 29, 1857;
interment in a cemetery near Galveston.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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