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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeAndrew Jackson CLEMENTS
(1832-1913)
CLEMENTS, Andrew Jackson,
a Representative from Tennessee; born in Clementsville, Clay
County, Tenn., December 23, 1832; attended a private school and
Burritt College, Sparta, Tenn.; studied medicine and commenced
practice in Lafayette, Tenn.; during the Civil War served as
surgeon with the First Regiment, Tennessee Mounted Volunteer
Infantry; elected as a Unionist to the Thirty-seventh Congress
(March 4, 1861-March 3, 1863); member of the State house of
representatives, 1866-1867; resumed the practice of his profession;
established a school on his estate for the people of that section
of the Cumberland highlands; died in Glasgow, Barren County, Ky.,
November 7, 1913; interment in Glasgow Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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