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Judge Alvan Cullom

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Judge Alvan Cullom

Birth
Monticello, Wayne County, Kentucky, USA
Death
20 Jul 1877 (aged 79)
Livingston, Overton County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Okalona, Overton County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Alvan Cullom studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1823, and commenced practice in Monroe, Overton County, Tennessee. He served as a member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives in 1835 and 1836. He was elected as a (Democrat) Representative from Tennessee’s 4th District to the 28th and 29th United States Congresses. He served from March 4, 1843 until March 3, 1847. Per govtrack.us, from December 1843 to March 1847, Cullom missed 167 of 1,239 roll call votes, which is 13.5%. This is better than the median of 24.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in March 1847. After resuming the practice of law, he served as the circuit judge of the fourth judicial circuit of Tennessee from 1850 to 1852. He was the 1850 census taker for many districts in Overton County, TN. He was an attendee of the failed Peace Conference of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., to prevent the impending Civil War.

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Alvan Cullom studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1823, and commenced practice in Monroe, Overton County, Tennessee. He served as a member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives in 1835 and 1836. He was elected as a (Democrat) Representative from Tennessee’s 4th District to the 28th and 29th United States Congresses. He served from March 4, 1843 until March 3, 1847. Per govtrack.us, from December 1843 to March 1847, Cullom missed 167 of 1,239 roll call votes, which is 13.5%. This is better than the median of 24.6% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in March 1847. After resuming the practice of law, he served as the circuit judge of the fourth judicial circuit of Tennessee from 1850 to 1852. He was the 1850 census taker for many districts in Overton County, TN. He was an attendee of the failed Peace Conference of 1861 held in Washington, D.C., to prevent the impending Civil War.

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