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  Bright, John M.
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NameJohn M. Bright
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Fayetteville, Tennessee , United States
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Born January 20, 1817
DiedOctober 03, 1911 (94 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Sep 27, 2015 04:00am
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InfoBRIGHT, John Morgan, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tenn., January 20, 1817; attended the schools of Fayetteville and Bingham’s School, Hillsboro, N.C.; was graduated from Nashville (Tenn.) University in September 1839 and from the law department of Transylvania University, Lexington, Ky., in March 1841; was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Fayetteville, Tenn.; member of the State house of representatives in 1847 and 1848; served as general on the staff of Gov. Isham G. Harris 1861-1865; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1881); chairman, Committee on Claims (Forty-fourth through Forty-sixth Congresses), Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Treasury (Forty-fourth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880 to the Forty-seventh Congress; resumed the practice of law; died in Fayetteville, Tenn., October 3, 1911; interment in the Presbyterian Churchyard.


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  11/02/1880 TN - District 05 Lost 29.44% (-6.86%)
  11/05/1878 TN - District 05 Won 65.41% (+45.17%)
  11/07/1876 TN - District 05 Won 73.98% (+47.96%)
  11/03/1874 TN - District 05 Won 72.48% (+45.32%)
  11/05/1872 TN - District 04 Won 69.81% (+39.62%)
  11/08/1870 TN - District 04 Won 86.52% (+73.04%)
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