Tilghman Howard

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Tilghman Howard

Tilghman Ashurst Howard (born November 14, 1797 in Pickensville , South Carolina , †  August 16, 1844 in Washington , Texas ) was an American lawyer and politician . In 1839 and 1840 he represented the state of Indiana in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Tilghman Howard attended public schools in his home country. In 1816 he came to Knoxville , Tennessee . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1818, he began to work in Knoxville in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career. In 1824 he was a member of the Tennessee Senate . Six years later, in 1830, he moved to Bloomington , Indiana, where he also practiced as a lawyer. From 1833 he was based in Rockville . Between 1833 and 1837 Howard served as the state attorney for the Indiana District, succeeding Samuel Judah . Politically, he joined the Democratic Party founded by Andrew Jackson .

In 1838 and 1843, Howard ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate . On August 5, 1839, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in a by-election in the seventh congressional electoral district of Indiana . He held this mandate until his resignation on June 1, 1840. That year he ran for governor of Indiana, but was defeated by Whig candidate Samuel Bigger with 46:53 percent of the vote. On June 11, 1844, Tilghman Howard was appointed American envoy to the then independent Republic of Texas . He died in Washington City just a few weeks after he got there.

According to him, Howard County , Indiana, and Howard County named in Iowa.

Web links

  • Tilghman Howard in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)