John M. Bright
(January 20, 1817 — October 3, 1911) Bright was an American politician and lawyer. John Morgan Bright was born in Fayetteville, Tennessee in 1817. He graduated from Nashville (Tennessee) University in 1839 and from the law department of Transylvania University, in Kentucky, in 1841. Bright was admitted to the bar in 1841 and practiced law in Fayetteville, Tennessee. He served as a member of the State House of Representatives and also as a general on the staff of the Governor of Tennessee from 1861 to 1865. Bright was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1871 to March 3, 1881.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B000836]
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Tennessee Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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