| LC control no. | no 94020226 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Whitthorne, W. C. (Washington Curran), 1825-1891 |
| Variant(s) | Whitthorne, Mr. (Washington Curran), 1825-1891 Whitthorne, Washington Curran, 1825-1891 |
| Birth date | 1825-04-19 |
| Death date | 1891-09-21 |
| Place of birth | Marshall County (Tenn.) |
| Place of death | Columbia (Tenn.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate United States. Congress. House Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Found in | In the Senate of the United States, 1886?: p. 1 (Mr. Whitthorne, from the Committee on Claims) Members of Cong. since 1789, 1977 (Whittnorne, Washington Curran, D. Tenn., Apr. 19, 1825-Sept. 21, 1891; House 1871-83, 1887-91; Senate Apr. 16, 1886-87) MoSU-L/Nat. Am. files (usage: W.C. Whitthorne) Biographical directory of the United States Congress website, viewed September 29, 2021 (Whitthorne, Washington Curran, a Representative and a Senator from Tennessee; born near Farmington, Marshall County, Tenn., April 19, 1825; attended the common schools, an academy in Arrington, Williamson County, and Campbell Academy, Lebanon, Tenn.; graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1843; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1845 at Columbia, Maury County, Tenn.; served as auditor's clerk and in other local government positions until 1848, when he commenced the practice of law in Columbia, Tenn.; member, State senate 1855-1858; member, State house of representatives, and speaker in 1859; presidential elector on the Breckinridge and Lane ticket in 1860; during the Civil War served as assistant adjutant general in the provisional army of Tennessee in 1861 and in the Confederate service as adjutant general of the State 1861-1865; his political disabilities were removed by act of Congress in 1870; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Forty-fourth through Forty-sixth Congresses); appointed and subsequently elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Howell E. Jackson and served from April 16, 1886, to March 3, 1887; elected to the Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses (March 4, 1887-March 3, 1891); died in Columbia, Tenn., September 21, 1891; interment in Rose Hill Cemetery) |
| Associated language | eng |
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