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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeNicholas Nichols COX
(1837-1912)
COX, Nicholas Nichols, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Bedford County, Tenn.,
January 6, 1837; went to Seguin, Tex., in early childhood; attended
the common schools; served on the Mexican frontier; was graduated
from Lebanon (Tenn.) Law School in 1858; was admitted to the bar
the same year and commenced practice at Linden, Tenn.; was a
colonel in the Tenth Tennessee Cavalry of the Confederate Army
during the Civil War, serving principally with General Forrest;
settled in Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., in 1866; engaged in
agricultural pursuits; presidential elector on the Democratic
ticket of Breckinridge and Lane in 1860; elected as a Democrat to
the Fifty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1891-March 3, 1901); declined to be a candidate for renomination in
1900; resumed the practice of law and engaged in banking in
Franklin, Tenn., where he died May 2, 1912; interment in Mount Hope
Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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