Reese Bowen Brabson

Reese Bowen Brabson (born September 16, 1817 in Sevier County , Tennessee , †  August 16, 1863 in Chattanooga , Tennessee) was an American politician . Between 1859 and 1861 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Reese Brabson was born on the family plantation "Brabsons Ferry". He attended first the Dandridge Academy and then until 1840 the Maryville College . After completing a law degree and being admitted to the bar in 1848, he began to work in his new profession in Chattanooga. He was also active in agriculture.

Brabson also embarked on a political career. He was a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee in 1851 and 1852 . He became a member of the short-lived opposition party . In the congressional election of 1858 he was elected as their candidate in the third constituency of Tennessee to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Samuel Axley Smith on March 4, 1859 . Since he renounced another candidacy in 1860, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1861 . This was shaped by the events and tensions in the immediate run-up to the civil war .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Reese Brabson returned to work as a lawyer. He died in Chattanooga on August 16, 1863. His nephew Charles K. Bell (1853-1913) represented the state of Texas in Congress between 1893 and 1897 .

Web links

• Reese Bowen Brabson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Reese Bowen Brabson in the database of Find a Grave (English)