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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJohn Goff BALLENTINE
(1825-1915)
BALLENTINE, John Goff, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Pulaski, Giles County,
Tenn., May 20, 1825; was graduated from Wurtemberg Academy in 1841,
from the University of Nashville in 1845, and from the law
department of Harvard University in 1848; was a member of the
faculty of Livingston Law School in New York; commenced the
practice of law in Pulaski; moved to Mississippi about 1854;
continued the practice of law and engaged in agricultural pursuits;
settled in Memphis, Tenn., in 1860; served as a colonel in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; returned to Pulaski, Tenn.;
elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth
Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3, 1887); declined to be a
candidate for renomination in 1886; retired from active pursuits;
died in Pulaski, Tenn., on November 23, 1915; interment in the New
Pulaski Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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