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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJohn Houston SAVAGE
(1815-1904)
SAVAGE, John Houston, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in McMinnville, Tenn., on
October 9, 1815; attended the common schools; served as a private
in the Seminole War; studied law; was admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Smithville, Tenn.; colonel of State militia;
attorney general of the fourth Tennessee district 1841-1847; major
of the Fourteenth United States Infantry during the Mexican War and
subsequently promoted to lieutenant colonel; elected as a Democrat
to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4,
1849-March 3, 1853); declined to be a candidate for reelection;
elected to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses (March 4,
1855-March 3, 1859); colonel of the Sixteenth Regiment Tennessee
Infantry, in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member of
the State house of representatives 1877-1879 and 1887-1891 and the
State senate 1879-1881; died in McMinnville, Tenn., on April 5,
1904; interment in Riverside Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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