The Civil Rights Act of 1875

Jacob M. Thornburgh

(July 3, 1837 — September 19, 1890) Thornburgh was an American politician and lawyer. Jacob Montgomery Thornburgh was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee in 1837. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1861. He enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War and served as a private and lieutenant colonel. After the war, he returned to Tennessee and was appointed attorney general of the third judicial circuit of Tennessee from 1866 to 1870. Thornburgh was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1879. [Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000239]

Member of Tennessee Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875 [this display].

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