- Horace Harrison
Horace Harrison Harrison (
August 7 ,1829 –December 20 ,1885 ) was an Americanpolitician and a member of theUnited States House of Representatives for the 5th congressional district ofTennessee . He was born inLebanon, Tennessee in Wilson County. He attended Carroll Academy and completed the course in ancientclassics under a private instructor. He moved with his parents to McMinnville,Warren County, Tennessee in 1841.In Warren County, Harrison was clerk of the county court, master of the
chancery court , andregister of deeds . In 1851 and 1852, he was clerk of theTennessee Senate . He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1857, and commenced practice in McMinnville. He moved toNashville in 1859 and continued the practice of law. He served asUnited States Attorney from 1863 to 1866 and was a chancellor of the Nashville division in 1866. He was a judge of theTennessee Supreme Court in 1867 and 1868. He was again a United States district attorney in 1872 and 1873.Harrison was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third Congress, but was unsuccessful as a candidate for re-election. He served from
March 4 ,1873 toMarch 3 ,1875 . He is, as of 2008, the last Republican to represent Tennessee's Fifth Congressional District. He was a delegate to theRepublican National Convention in 1880. He was a member of the state legislature in 1880 and 1881. He died inNashville, Tennessee . He was interred in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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