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  House, John F.
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NameJohn F. House
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Clarksville, Tennessee , United States
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Born January 09, 1827
Died June 28, 1904 (77 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Sep 27, 2015 04:02am
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InfoHOUSE, John Ford, a Representative from Tennessee; was born near Franklin, Williamson County, Tenn., on January 9, 1827; attended the local academy and the Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., and was graduated from the Lebanon Law School in 1850; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Franklin, Tenn.; moved to Montgomery County, Tenn.; member of the State house of representatives in 1853; presidential elector on the Constitutional Union ticket of Bell and Everett in 1860; member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederacy from Tennessee; during the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army and served until paroled in Columbus, Miss., in June 1865; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1868; member of the State constitutional convention in 1870; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1883); was not a candidate for renomination in 1882; resumed the practice of law; died in Clarksville, Tenn., June 28, 1904; interment in Greenwood Cemetery.


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  11/02/1880 TN - District 06 Won 60.57% (+24.19%)
  11/05/1878 TN - District 06 Won 57.18% (+29.43%)
  11/07/1876 TN - District 06 Won 63.62% (+27.25%)
  11/03/1874 TN - District 06 Won 62.40% (+24.79%)
  07/20/1861 TN CSA Delegate - Seat E Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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