Alfred O. P. Nicholson
Alfred Nicholson | |
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United States Senator from Tennessee | |
In office March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 | |
Preceded by | John Bell |
Succeeded by | Joseph S. Fowler (1866) |
In office December 25, 1840 – February 7, 1842 | |
Appointed by | James K. Polk |
Preceded by | Felix Grundy |
Succeeded by | Ephraim H. Foster |
Member of the Tennessee Senate | |
In office 1843–1845 | |
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives | |
In office 1833–1839 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson August 31, 1808 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA ) |
Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (August 31, 1808 – March 23, 1876), was a lawyer, newspaper editor, banker, and politician from Tennessee. A Democrat, he was twice a US Senator from that state.
Biography
Nicholson was born near
In 1853
In 1859, Nicholson was elected to the US Senate by the Tennessee General Assembly. He served from March 4, 1859, to March 3, 1861, when he withdrew from participation in the Senate in anticipation of Tennessee declaring secession, which occurred the next month. Later in 1861, he formally resigned, as did all other Senators from Confederate states. However, fellow Tennessee senator Andrew Johnson, a Southern Unionist, was the only U.S. senator from a Confederate state in rebellion that did not immediately resign upon learning of his state’s secession.
After the Civil War, Nicholson served as chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1870 until his death.
He died on March 23, 1876, in Columbia, Tennessee. He was buried in Columbia's Rose Hill Cemetery.
See also
References
- ^ "Congress slaveowners", The Washington Post, 2022-01-19, retrieved 2022-07-08
- United States Congress. "Alfred O. P. Nicholson (id: N000096)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-03-23