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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeAlvan CULLOM
(1797-1877)
CULLOM, Alvan, (brother of
William Cullom and uncle of Shelby Moore Cullom), a Representative
from Tennessee; born in Monticello, Ky., September 4, 1797;
received a liberal schooling; studied law; was admitted to the bar
in 1823 and commenced practice in Monroe, Overton County, Tenn.;
member of the State house of representatives in 1835 and 1836;
elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth
Congresses (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1847); resumed the practice of
law; circuit judge of the fourth judicial circuit of Tennessee
1850-1852; member of the peace convention of 1861 held in
Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the
impending war; died in Livingston, Overton County, Tenn., July 20,
1877; interment in Bethlehem Cemetery, near Livingston.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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