Charles Bryson Simonton

Charles Bryson Simonton (September 8, 1838 – June 10, 1911) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 9th congressional district of Tennessee.

Born in Tipton County, Tennessee, Simonton graduated from Erskine College in Due West, South Carolina in August 1859.

He enlisted as a private in Company C, Ninth Tennessee Infantry, Confederate Army in 1861. He subsequently became second lieutenant, and then captain. He was severely wounded during the Battle of Perryville on October 8, 1862 and disabled from any further active duty during the war. He was elected clerk of the circuit court of Tipton County in March 1870. He read law, was admitted to the bar in 1873, and commenced practice in Covington, Tennessee in Tipton County. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1877 to 1879. He was the editor of the Tipton Record in Covington, Tennessee.

He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses. He served from March 4, 1879 to March 3, 1883. He was chairman of the Democratic state convention in 1886. He was president of the Covington city school board from 1892 to 1903. He was the United States district attorney for the district of Tennessee from 1895 to 1898. He died in Covington, and was interred in Munford Cemetery.

References

• Charles Bryson Simonton at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

Biography portal

• Charles Bryson Simonton at Find a Grave

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Name	Simonton, Charles Bryson
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	September 8, 1838
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Date of death	June 10, 1911
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