Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson

Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (* 31 August 1808 in Franklin , Tennessee ; † 23. March 1876 in Columbia , Tennessee) was an American politician of the Democratic Party , of his home state twice in the US Senate represented.

Nicholson grew up in Williamson County , Tennessee. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , where he graduated in 1827. He then studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1831, whereupon he opened a practice in Columbia. He also worked from 1832 to 1835 as the editor of the Columbia-based Western Mercury .

Politically, he was active from 1833 as a member of the House of Representatives of Tennessee , to which he belonged until 1839. The following year he was elected to the US Senate by the Tennessee State Legislature ; he took the place of the late Felix Grundy and stayed there from December 25, 1840 to February 7, 1842. He then returned to Tennessee, sat from 1843 to 1845 in the State Senate and moved to Nashville , where he from 1844 to Worked for the Nashville Union newspaper in 1846 . Between 1846 and 1847 he served as director and president of the Bank of Tennessee .

In 1853, US President Franklin Pierce wanted to appoint him to his cabinet , but Nicholson refused. He continued to work in the newspaper industry, was editor of the Washington Union from 1853 to 1856 and then joined the US House of Representatives as a printer .

Alfred Nicholson was elected one more time to the US Senate in 1858. His term began on March 4, 1859 and ended prematurely on March 3, 1861. He withdrew voluntarily from Congress in anticipation of the secession of Tennessee from the Union , which was carried out a week later. Later that year, he was also officially expelled from the Senate, which was true of all incumbents from the southern states with the exception of later US President Andrew Johnson , who was loyal to the Union.

After the Civil War , Nicholson served as chief judge on the Tennessee Supreme Court . He died in office on March 23, 1876.

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SURNAME	Nicholson, Alfred Osborn Pope
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American Democratic Party politician
DATE OF BIRTH	August 31, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH	near Franklin , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH	March 23, 1876
Place of death	Columbia , Tennessee