Alvan Cullom

Alvan Cullom (born September 4, 1797 in Monticello , Wayne County , Kentucky , †  July 20, 1877 in Livingston , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1843 and 1847 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Alvan Cullom was the older brother of Congressman William Cullom (1810-1896) and an uncle of Shelby Moore Cullom (1829-1914), the Governor of Illinois and US Senator for that state. He enjoyed a good elementary school education. After studying law and his admission as a lawyer in 1823, he began to work in Monroe in his new profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . He was a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee in 1835 and 1836 .

In the congressional election of 1842 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fourth constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Thomas Jefferson Campbell on March 4, 1843 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1847 . These were determined by the events of the Mexican-American War since 1845 .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Cullom practiced law again. From 1850 to 1852 he was a judge in the Tennessee Fourth District Judge. In 1861, he was a delegate to an unsuccessful conference in the federal capital, Washington, to prevent the outbreak of civil war . Alvan Cullom died on July 20, 1877 in Livingston, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Alvan Cullom in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Alvan Cullom in the database of Find a Grave (English)