 |
History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJacob Montgomery THORNBURGH
(1837-1890)
THORNBURGH, Jacob
Montgomery, a Representative from Tennessee; born in New
Market, Jefferson County, Tenn., July 3, 1837; completed
preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1861
and commenced practice in Jefferson County; during the Civil War
entered the Union Army as a private and was promoted to lieutenant
colonel of the Fourth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, July
11, 1863; returned to Jefferson County, Tenn., and practiced law;
moved to Knoxville, Tenn., in 1867; appointed attorney general of
the third judicial circuit of Tennessee in 1866, and elected in
1868 and 1870; United States commissioner at the International
Exposition held at Vienna, Austria, in 1872; elected as a
Republican to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth
Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1878; delegate to the Republican National
Conventions in 1872, 1876, and 1880; retired from public life and
resumed the practice of law in Knoxville, Tenn., where he died
September 19, 1890; interment in the Old Gray Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
Related Links
|
24 X 7
Private Tutor
|
24 x 7 Tutor Availability |
|
|
Unlimited Online Tutoring |
|
|
1-on-1 Tutoring |
|
