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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeWilliam CULLOM
(1810-1896)
CULLOM, William, (brother
of Alvan Cullom and uncle of Shelby Moore Cullom), a Representative
from Tennessee; born near Monticello, Wayne County, Ky., June 4,
1810; attended the public schools; studied law in Lexington, Ky.;
was admitted to the bar and practiced in the courts of Kentucky and
Tennessee; moved to Carthage, Tenn.; member of the Tennessee
general assemblies, 1843-1847; elected as a Whig to the
Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3,
1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the
Thirty-fourth Congress; appointed Clerk of the House of
Representatives in the Thirty-fourth Congress and served from
February 4, 1856, to December 6, 1857; resumed the practice of law;
attorney general, sixteenth district, 1873-1878; died in Clinton,
Tenn., December 6, 1896; interment in McAdoo Cemetery, Clinton,
Tenn., and later reinterred in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Chattanooga,
Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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