William W. Vaughan

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(July 2, 1831 — August 19, 1878) Vaughan was a businessman, lawyer, and politician. William Wirt Vaughan was born in Wilson County, Tennessee in 1831. He graduated from Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee. Vaughan studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1860. He practiced law in Brownsville, Tennessee until he was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1870. He served in the House from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1873. Vaughan was one of the primary people in the building of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and was its president until he died in 1878. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/V000076]

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

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