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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJohn Morgan BRIGHT
(1817-1911)
BRIGHT, John Morgan, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Fayetteville, Lincoln
County, Tenn., January 20, 1817; attended the schools of
Fayetteville and Bingham’s School, Hillsboro, N.C.; was
graduated from Nashville (Tenn.) University in September 1839 and
from the law department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky.,
in March 1841; was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced
practice in Fayetteville, Tenn.; member of the State house of
representatives in 1847 and 1848; served as general on the staff of
Gov. Isham G. Harris 1861-1865; elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1871-March 3, 1881); chairman, Committee on Claims (Forty-fourth
through Forty-sixth Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the
Department of the Treasury (Forty-fourth Congress); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress;
resumed the practice of law; died in Fayetteville, Tenn., October
3, 1911; interment in the Presbyterian Churchyard.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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