Louis Washington Turpin

Louis Washington Turpin

Louis Washington Turpin (February 22, 1849 - February 3, 1903) was a U.S. Representative from Alabama.

Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Turpin His parents having died he moved to Alabama with his sister and settled in Perry County in 1858. Self-educated.He engaged in agricultural pursuits. Tax assessor of Hale County 1873-1880.He served as chairman of the Democratic committee of Hale County for six years.He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the Forty-eighth Congress. Presented credentials as a Democratic Member-elect to the Fifty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1889, to June 4, 1890, when he was succeeded by John V. McDuffie, who contested his election.

Turpin was elected to the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891-March 3, 1895).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination.He retired from politics and engaged in planting.He died in Greensboro, Alabama, February 3, 1903.He was interred in the City Cemetery.

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