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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeRobert Porter CALDWELL
(1821-1885)
CALDWELL, Robert Porter, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Adair County, Ky., December
16, 1821; moved with his parents to Henry County, Tenn.; a few
years later moved to Obion County; attended the public schools at
Troy and Lebanon; studied law at Troy; was admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Trenton in 1845; member of the State house of
representatives in 1847 and 1848; served in the State senate in
1855 and 1856; elected attorney general for the sixteenth judicial
circuit of Tennessee in 1858; during the Civil War was a major in
the Twelfth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, of the Confederate Army;
elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress (March 4,
1871-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in
1872 to the Forty-third Congress; resumed the practice of law in
Trenton, Tenn.; died in Trenton March 12, 1885; interment in
Oakland Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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