Lewis Tillman

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(August 18, 1816 — May 3, 1886) Tillman was a businessman, court clerk, editor, and politician. Lewis Tillman was born in Shelbyville, Tennessee in 1816. After attaining an education, he worked in agriculture. Tillman was clerk of the circuit court of Bedford County from 1852 to 1860, and served as a colonel of the State Militia before the Civil War. He then worked as an editor of a newspapers and acted as clerk of the chancery court from 1865 to 1869. Tillman was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1871. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000277]

Member of Tennessee Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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