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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeWilliam Parker CALDWELL
(1832-1903)
CALDWELL, William Parker,
a Representative from Tennessee; born in Christmasville, Carroll
County, Tenn., November 8, 1832; attended school at McLemoresville,
Tenn., and at Princeton, Ky.; studied law at Cumberland University,
Lebanon, Tenn.; was admitted to the bar in 1853 and practiced in
Dresden and Union City, Tenn.; member of the State house of
representatives 1857-1859; presidential elector on the Democratic
ticket of Douglas and Johnson in 1860; delegate to the Democratic
National Convention in 1868; elected as a Democrat to the
Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3,
1879); was not a candidate for reelection to the Forty-sixth
Congress in 1878; resumed the practice of law in Gardner, Tenn.;
member of the State senate 1891-1893; died in Gardner, Tenn., June
7, 1903; interment in the Caldwell Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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