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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Thomas L. Clingman |
| Address | Buncombe County
Asheville, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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July 27, 1812
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| Died | November 03, 1897
(85 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | CLINGMAN, Thomas Lanier, a Representative and a Senator from North Carolina; born in Huntsville, Yadkin Co., N.C., 7/27/1812; educated by private tutors and in the public schools in Iredell County, N.C.; graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1832; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1834 and began practice in Huntsville, N.C.; elected to the State house of commons in 1835; moved to Asheville, Buncombe County, N.C., in 1836.
NC Senate (W-NC) 1840
U.S. House (W-NC) 1843-1845, 1847-51. Changed party to Democratic and continued his U.S. House service until his resignation on 5/7/1858; chairman, Committee on Public Expenditures (Thirtieth Congress), Committee on Foreign Affairs (Thirty-fifth Congress). His service in the House was described by the Fayetteville Observer on 11/11/1897 this way: "During these fifteen years he won a decided name for himself as a well-furnished and able debator, participating in nearly all the important debates and acquitting himself with credit as chairman of the foreign affairs committee. His speech on the causes of ... Clay's defeat resulted in a duel with William L. Yancey of Alabama."
U.S. Senator (D-NC) 5/7/1858-3/28/1861 (expelled); chairman, Committee on Revolutionary Claims (Thirty-fifth Congress).
During the Civil War was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army; explored and measured mountain peaks
Delegate to the Democratic National Convention of 1868
Died at the State Hospital for the Insane, Morganton, Burke County, N.C., 11:00 a.m., 11/3/1897; interment in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, N.C.
Raleigh News & Observer, 11/4/1897
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