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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeWilliam Brickly STOKES
(1814-1897)
STOKES, William Brickly, a
Representative from Tennessee; born in Chatham County, N.C.,
September 9, 1814; attended the common schools; moved to Tennessee;
engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of
representatives 1849-1852; served in the State senate in 1855 and
1856; elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-sixth
Congress (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861); entered the Union Army May
15, 1862, as major of Tennessee Volunteers; promoted to colonel and
subsequently brevetted major general; honorably discharged March
10, 1865; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1867 and
commenced practice in Alexandria, De Kalb County, Tenn.; upon the
readmission of the State of Tennessee to representation was elected
as an Unconditional Unionist to the Thirty-ninth Congress and
reelected as a Republican to the Fortieth and Forty-first
Congresses and served from July 24, 1866, to March 3, 1871;
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1870 to the Forty-second
Congress; supervisor of internal revenue for Tennessee; resumed the
practice of law; died in Alexandria, Tenn., March 14, 1897;
interment in East View Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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