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Nunn, D. A. (David Alexander), 1833-1918

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Personal name headingNunn, D. A. (David Alexander), 1833-1918
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Variant(s)Nunn, David Alexander, 1833-1918
Nunn, Mr. (David Alexander), 1833-1918
Other standard no.44128913
Q1173548
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeWashington (D.C.)
Birth date1833-07-26
Death date1918-09-11
Place of birthHaywood County (Tenn.)
Place of deathBrownsville (Tenn.)
Field of activityUnited States--Politics and government--1865-1877
Tennessee--Politics and government--1865-1950
Practice of law
AffiliationUnited States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. House
Tennessee. Department of State
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupationLegislators
Politicians
Lawyers
Secretaries of State (State governments)
Diplomats
Found inJ.G. Fell et al., 1874: p. 4 (D.A. Nunn)
John Clinton, 1874: p. 1 (Mr. Nunn, from the Committee on Claims)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Dec. 9, 2008 (Nunn, David Alexander, a Representative from Tenn.; b. July 26, 1833; d. Sept. 11, 1918)
Wikipedia September 26, 2023: (Nunn was born near Brownsville, Tennessee, in Haywood County... He studied law and graduated from Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1853. He was admitted to the bar, and he commenced practice in Brownsville. Elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress...He served from March 4, 1867 to March 4, 1869. Appointed Minister Resident to Ecuador on April 21, 1869, by President Grant, Nunn resigned on November 2, 1869. He was again elected to represent Tennessee in the Forty-third Congress, and served from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. Nunn was the secretary of state of Tennessee from 1881 to 1885. Nunn died in Brownsville on September 11, 1918 (age 85 years, 47 days). Political party: Republican)
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