- Alfred O. P. Nicholson
Infobox Senator
name=Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson
jr/sr=United States Senator
state=Tennessee
party=Democrat
term=December 25 ,1840 –February 7 ,1842 March 4 ,1859 –March 3 ,1861
preceded=Felix Grundy Ephraim H. Foster
succeeded=John BellJoseph S. Fowler
date of birth=birth date|1808|8|31|mf=y
place of birth=Franklin, Tennessee , U.S.
date of death=death date and age|1876|3|23|1808|8|31|mf=y
place of death=Columbia, Tennessee , U.S.
spouse=
profession=Politician ,Lawyer , Editor,Bank president Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (
August 31 ,1808 –March 23 ,1876 ), aTennessee Democraticpolitician andlawyer , was twice a United States Senator from that state.Nicholson was born near
Franklin, Tennessee in Williamson County. He attended theUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill , graduating in 1827. He studiedlaw and was admitted to the bar in 1831, opening a law practice inColumbia, Tennessee . He edited the "Western Mercury", a paper then published in Columbia, from 1832 to 1835. He also served in theTennessee House of Representatives from 1833 to 1839. In 1840 theTennessee General Assembly elected him, on an interim basis, to succeed to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of SenatorFelix Grundy . He served in that office fromDecember 25 ,1840 toFebruary 7 ,1842 . From 1843 to 1845 he served in theTennessee State Senate , moving to Nashville during this period, and edited the "Nashville Union" from 1844 to 1846. From 1846 to 1847 he served as a director, and then aspresident , of the Bank of Tennessee.In 1853 President
Franklin Pierce wished to appoint him to the Cabinet, but he declined to serve. He edited the "Washington Union" from 1853 to 1856 and subsequently served as public printer to theUnited States House of Representatives .In 1858 Nicholson was again elected to the United States Senate from Tennessee by the Tennessee General Assembly. He served from
March 4 ,1859 toMarch 3 ,1861 , when he withdrew from participation in the Senate in anticipation of Tennesseesecession from the Union, which occurred the next month. Later in 1861, he was formally expelled from the Senate, as were all Senators from the states joining the Confederacy with the sole exception of his fellow TennesseanAndrew Johnson , a loyal Unionist. After the war, Nicholson served as Chief Justice of theTennessee Supreme Court from 1870 until his death. He was buried in Columbia's Rose Hill Cemetery.External links
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6912711 Alfred O. P. Nicholson] at
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state=Tennessee
class=1
before=Felix Grundy
after=Ephraim H. Foster
alongside=Alexander O. Anderson
years=December 25 ,1840 –February 7 ,1842 U.S. Senator box
state=Tennessee
class=2
before=John Bell
after=Joseph S. Fowler (1)
alongside=Andrew Johnson
years=March 4 ,1859 –March 3 ,1861
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