| LC control no. | nr 96027686 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Anderson, Alexander, 1794-1869 |
| Variant(s) | Anderson, Alexander Outlaw, 1794-1869 Anderson, Alexander O. (Alexander Outlaw), 1794-1869 |
| Birth date | 1794-11-10 |
| Death date | 1869-05-23 |
| Place of birth | Jefferson County (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Knoxville (Tenn.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) California. Legislature. Senate California. Supreme Court |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Lawyers Judges |
| Found in | Speeches of Mr. Anderson, of Tennessee, on the several motions to print the Report of the Militia Committee of the Senate ..., 1840 The letter of Alexander Anderson, of Tennessee, in reply to the Committee of Invitation to attend a dinner given by the Democracy of Maury, Tennessee, on the 13th July to the delegation from that state to the national convention, 1844 Who was who, 1963 (Anderson, Alexander Outlaw; b. 1794; d. 1869; U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1840-1841) NUC pre-56 (hdg.: Anderson, Alexander Outlaw, 1794-1869) Durham, W. T. Volunteers Forty-niners, 1997: p. 82 (Gen. Alexander Outlaw Anderson; [owner of] East Tennessee Gold Mining Company; General Anderson) p. 83 (trustee of East Tennessee Univ., Knoxville; attended Greenevile College, Ten. with cousin David A. Deaderick; [travelled with] son James M. Anderson) Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress website, June 29, 2007 (Alexander O. Anderson; attorney; b. Jefferson Co., Tenn.; served as Democrat in U.S. Senate; son of senator Joseph Anderson; fought under Andrew Jackson in Battle of New Orleans 1814; agent in the Indian Removal of 1838 from Ala. and Flo.; served in the California State Senate in 1850-1851; judge on the Ca. Supreme Court, 1851-1853 before returning to Tenn.; later practiced law in Washington, D.C; during American Civil War returned to Ala., practicing law in Mobile and Camden; d. in Knoxville) University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections Library. J.G.M. Ramsey family papers, 1790-1912 (Gen. Anderson) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed November 25, 2013 (Anderson, Alexander Outlaw, (son of Joseph Anderson), a Senator from Tennessee; born at "Soldiers' Rest," Jefferson County, Tenn., November 10, 1794; attended preparatory schools; graduated from Washington College at Greeneville, Tenn.; enlisted in the War of 1812 and fought in the Battle of New Orleans; studied law in Washington, D.C.; admitted to the bar in 1814 in Dandridge, Tenn., where he practiced law; later moved to Knoxville; superintendent of the United States land office in Alabama in 1836; government agent for removing the Indians from Alabama and Florida in 1838; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Hugh L. White, and served from February 26, 1840, to March 3, 1841; was not a candidate for reelection; leader of an overland company which went to California in 1849; member of the State senate in 1850 and 1851; supreme court judge of California 1851-1853; returned to Tennessee in 1853; later practiced law in Washington, D.C., before the Court of Claims and before the Supreme Court of the United States; during the Civil War moved to Alabama and practiced law in Mobile and Camden; died in Knoxville, Tenn., May 23, 1869; interment in the Old Gray Cemetery.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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