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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeAndrew Jackson CALDWELL
(1837-1906)
CALDWELL, Andrew Jackson,
a Representative from Tennessee; born in Montevallo, Shelby County,
Ala., July 22, 1837; moved to Tennessee in 1844 with his parents,
who settled near Nashville; attended the common schools; was
graduated from Franklin College, Tennessee, in 1854; taught school
in Nashville 1854-1857; moved to Trenton in 1857 and studied law;
during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as a private
and regimental quartermaster in the First Regiment, Tennessee
Cavalry; resumed his law studies; was admitted to the Tennessee bar
in 1867 and commenced the practice of law in Nashville, Tenn.;
attorney general for the district of Davidson and Rutherford
Counties, Tenn., 1870-1878; served as a member of the State house
of representatives in 1880 and 1882; elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses (March 4, 1883-March 3,
1887); was not a candidate for reelection to the Fiftieth Congress;
resumed the practice of law; died in Nashville, Tenn., November 22,
1906; interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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