Washington C. Whitthorne

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(April 19, 1825 — September 21, 1891) Whitthorne was an American politician and lawyer. Washington Curran Whitthorne was born in Farmington, Tennessee in 1825. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1843. After that, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845. While practicing law in Columbia, Tennessee, Whitthorne also served as auditor’s clerk in 1848, as a member of the State House of Representatives, and as a member of the State Senate. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the Confederate Army and attained the rank of assistant adjutant general and adjutant general. Whitthorne was elected as a Democrat to the both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate. He served as a Representative from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1883 and in the Senate from April 16, 1886 to March 3, 1891, after filling the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Howell Jackson. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/W000429]

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

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