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Thomas W. Tipton

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"(August 5, 1817 -- November 25, 1899) Thomas Weston Tipton was a(n) lawyer, public servant, member of the Land Office, minister, accessor of internal revenue, and American politician. He was born in Cadiz, Ohio and moved to Brownsville, Nebraska (1859). Thomas studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1844. He was a member of the State house of representatives (1845), appointed to a position in the United States Land Office (1849-1852), member of the Nebraska constitutional convention (1859), member of the territorial council, assessor of internal revenue for Nebraska (1865), member of the state constitutional convention (1867), and was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Nebraska (1880). He was ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1856) and served as a chaplain of the 1st Regiment Nebraska Volunteer Infantry (1861 - 1865) during the Civil war. Thomas was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and was reelected in 1869 (March 1, 1867 - March 3, 1875). [Source: 'Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present', available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=T000286]"

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