Augustus Herman Pettibone
Augustus Herman Pettibone (born January 21, 1835 in Bedford , Ohio , † November 26, 1918 in Nashville , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1881 and 1887 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .
Career
Augustus Pettibone first attended Hiram College in Ohio and then studied until 1859 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1860, he began to work in his new profession in La Crosse ( Wisconsin ). During the civil war between 1861 and 1865 he rose to major in the Union's army . He was part of an infantry unit from Wisconsin. After the war, Pettibone practiced as a lawyer in Greeneville, Tennessee. Between 1866 and 1868 he also sat there on the municipal council. In 1869 and 1870 he was a district attorney for the Tennessee First Judicial District; from 1871 to 1880 he served as assistant federal attorney for the eastern district of his state.
Politically, Pettibone was a member of the Republican Party . In 1878 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress . In 1880 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where James A. Garfield was nominated as a presidential candidate. In the congressional election of the same year he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Democrat Robert Love Taylor on March 4, 1881 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1887.
In 1886 he renounced another candidacy. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer again. Between 1897 and 1899 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee . From 1899 to 1905 Pettibone worked for the General Land Office . After that, he retired. He died on November 26, 1918 in Nashville, where he was also buried.
Web links
- Augustus Herman Pettibone in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Augustus Herman Pettibone in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Pettibone, Augustus Herman |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1835 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bedford , Ohio |
DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1918 |
Place of death | Nashville , Tennessee |