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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeThomas K. HARRIS
(Â1816)
HARRIS, Thomas K., a
Representative from Tennessee; birth date unknown; studied law; was
admitted to the bar and practiced in Sparta and McMinnville, Tenn.;
trustee of Priestly Academy, Sparta, Tenn.; member of the State
senate, 1809-1811; elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth
Congress (March 4, 1813-March 3, 1815); died from wounds received
in an encounter with Col. John W. Simpson March 18, 1816, on the
old Kentucky Road at Shells Ford of Collins River, between Sparta
and McMinnville, Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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