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TUCKER, Tilghman Mayfield (1802-1859)

Democrat of Mississippi

98th congressional district

Served in House 1843-1845

Total roll-call votes cast: 403

Biography

Representative from Mississippi; born near Lime Stone Springs, N.C., February 5, 1802; completed preparatory studies; engaged in agricultural pursuits; moved to Hamilton, Miss.; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Columbus, Miss.; member of the State house of representatives 1831-1835; served in the State senate 1838-1841; Governor of Mississippi 1841-1843; elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); retired to his plantation home, ``Cottonwood,'' in Louisiana; died at the home of his father near Bexar, Marion County, Ala., April 3, 1859.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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