William Parker Caldwell

William Parker Caldwell (born November 8, 1832 in Christmasville , Carroll County , Tennessee , † June 7, 1903 in Gardner , Tennessee) was an American politician . Between 1875 and 1879 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

William Caldwell attended schools in McLemoresville and in Princeton ( Kentucky ). After studying law at Cumberland University in Lebanon and being admitted to the bar in 1853, he began to work in his new profession in Dresden and Union City . Politically, Caldwell was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1857 and 1859 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee . In the presidential election of 1860 , he was the elector for the defeated Democratic candidate Stephen A. Douglas . In 1868, Caldwell participated as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in New York , where Horatio Seymour was nominated as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional election of 1874 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the ninth constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Republican Barbour Lewis on March 4, 1875 . After re-election, he was able to complete two legislative terms in Congress until March 3, 1879 . In 1878 Caldwell renounced another congressional candidacy. In the following years he practiced as a lawyer in Gardner. Between 1891 and 1893 he was a member of the Tennessee Senate . He died in Gardner on June 7, 1903.

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SURNAME	Caldwell, William Parker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	November 8, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH	Christmasville , Carroll County , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH	June 7, 1903
Place of death	Gardner , Tennessee