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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJohn William LEFTWICH
(1826-1870)
LEFTWICH, John William, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Liberty (now Bedford),
Bedford County, Va., September 7, 1826; attended the public
schools; studied medicine and was graduated from the Philadelphia
Medical College in 1850; moved to Memphis, Tenn., and engaged in
mercantile pursuits; upon the readmission of the state of Tennessee
to representation was elected as an Unconditional Unionist
candidate to the Thirty-ninth Congress and served from July 24,
1866, to March 3, 1867; unsuccessful candidate for reelection;
delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868; mayor of
Memphis in 1869 and 1870; contested the election of William J.
Smith to the Forty-first Congress, but, while on his way to
Washington to prosecute the contest, died in Lynchburg, Va., March
6, 1870; interment in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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