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| Affiliation | American |
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| Name | Josiah M. Anderson |
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Dunlap, Tennessee , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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November 29, 1807
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| Died | November 08, 1861
(53 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | ANDERSON, Josiah McNair, a Representative from Tennessee; born near Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tenn., November 29, 1807; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Jasper, Tenn.; member of the State house of representatives 1833-1837, serving as speaker; member of the State senate 1843-1845, serving as presiding officer; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-first Congress (March 4, 1849-March 3, 1851); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1850 to the Thirty-second Congress; delegate from Tennessee to the peace convention of 1861, held in Washington, D.C., in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war; colonel in the Tennessee State Militia 1861; was killed at Looneys Creek, near the present town of Whitwell, Marion County, Tenn., November 8, 1861, just after having made a secession speech; interment on a farm seven miles southeast of Dunlap, Sequatchie County, Tenn.
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