Adolphus H. Tanner

Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner (born May 23, 1833 in Granville , New York , † January 14, 1882 in Whitehall , New York) was an American officer , lawyer and politician . Between 1869 and 1871 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner completed his preliminary studies. He studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and then began practicing in Whitehall, Washington County . During the Civil War , he joined the Union Army as a captain in 1862 . He received an officer license as Lieutenant Colonel in the 123rd Regiment of the New York Volunteer Infantry and served there until the end of the war.

Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party . In the congressional elections of 1868 for the 41st Congress , Tanner was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 15th constituency of New York , where he succeeded John Augustus Griswold on March 4, 1869 . He retired from the after March 3, 1871 Congress of.

After his time in Congress he went back to his practice as a lawyer in Whitehall. He died there on January 14, 1882 and was then buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Salem .

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SURNAME	Tanner, Adolphus H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tanner, Adolphus Hitchcock (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American officer, lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	May 23, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH	Granville , New York
DATE OF DEATH	January 14, 1882
Place of death	Whitehall , New York