David Alexander Nunn

David Alexander Nunn

David Alexander Nunn (born July 26, 1833 in Brownsville , Tennessee , †  September 11, 1918 there ) was an American politician . Between 1867 and 1869 and again from 1873 to 1875 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Nunn first attended private schools and then studied at West Tennessee College in Jackson . After a subsequent law degree at Cumberland University in Lebanon and his admission as a lawyer in 1853, he began to work in Brownsville in his new profession. In 1860 he was the elector for the Unionists in the presidential election . Then he became a member of the Republicans . In 1864 he was again elector in the presidential election , where he voted for incumbent Abraham Lincoln , the candidate of his new party. From 1865 to 1867, Nunn was a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee .

In the 1866 congressional election , Nunn was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the eighth constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded John W. Leftwich on March 4, 1867 . Since he was not confirmed in 1868, he could initially only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1869 . This was marked by the tension between his party and President Andrew Johnson . This conflict culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment process against the president. In 1868 the 14th Amendment to the Constitution was passed in Congress .

Between April and November 1869, David Nunn was the American envoy to Ecuador, succeeding William T. Coggeshall . In the elections of 1872 he was re-elected to Congress in the eighth district, where he replaced William Wirt Vaughan on March 4, 1873 . Since he was not re-elected in 1874, he could only spend one further term in Congress until March 3, 1875. Between 1881 and 1885, David Nunn served as Secretary of State, the executive officer of the government of Tennessee. Between 1897 and 1902 he served as head of the federal tax office in Nashville. Then he withdrew into private life. He died on September 11, 1918 in his hometown of Brownsville.

Web links

• David Alexander Nunn in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• David Alexander Nunn in the database of Find a Grave (English)