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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeWilliam Claiborne DUNLAP
(1798-1872)
DUNLAP, William Claiborne,
a Representative from Tennessee; born in Knoxville, Tenn., February
25, 1798; attended the Ebenezer Academy and Maryville College,
Maryville, Tenn., 1813-1817; studied law; was admitted to the bar
and commenced practice in Knoxville in 1819; served in the Indian
campaign in 1818 and 1819; moved to Bolivar, Hardeman County,
Tenn., in 1828; held a commission in the United States Volunteers
in 1830; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third and
Twenty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1833-March 3, 1837);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1836 to the Twenty-fifth
Congress; judge of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Tennessee from
1840 to 1849, when he resigned and resumed the practice of law;
member of the State senate in 1851, 1853, and 1857; served in the
State house of representatives 1857-1859; died near Memphis, Shelby
County, Tenn., November 16, 1872; interment in Elmwood Cemetery,
Memphis, Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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