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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | William M. Churchwell |
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Knoxville, Tennessee , United States |
| Email | None |
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February 20, 1826
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| Died | August 18, 1862
(36 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | CHURCHWELL, William Montgomery, a Representative from Tennessee; born near Knoxville, Knox County, Tenn., February 20, 1826; attended private schools and Emory and Henry College, Emory, Va., 1840-1843; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Knoxville; one of the judges for Knox County; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Pensions (Thirty-third Congress); provost marshal for the district of east Tennessee; during the administration of President Buchanan was sent on a secret mission to Mexico; during the Civil War served in the Confederate Army as colonel of the Fourth Tennessee Regiment; died in Knoxville, Tenn., August 18, 1862; interment in the Old Gray Cemetery.
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