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  Atkins, John D.
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NameJohn D. Atkins
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Paris, Tennessee , United States
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Born June 04, 1825
DiedJune 02, 1908 (82 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
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Jan 05, 2015 05:05pm
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InfoATKINS, John DeWitt Clinton, a Representative from Tennessee; born near Manly’s Chapel, Henry County, Tenn., June 4, 1825; attended a private school in Paris, Tenn., and was graduated from the East Tennessee University at Knoxville in 1846; studied law; was admitted to the bar but did not practice; engaged in agricultural pursuits; member of the State house of representatives 1849-1851; served in the State senate 1855-1857; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1857-March 3, 1859); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1858 to the Thirty-sixth Congress; during the Civil War served as lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Tennessee Regiment in the Confederate Army in 1861; elected to the Confederate Provisional Congress in August and November 1861 and in November 1863; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1883); chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses); was not a candidate for renomination in 1882; engaged in agricultural pursuits near Paris, Henry County, Tenn.; appointed United States Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President Cleveland on March 21, 1885, and served until June 13, 1888, when he resigned; was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator in 1888; again engaged in agricultural pursuits; retired from active pursuits in 1898 and moved to Paris, Tenn., where he lived in retirement until his death on June 2, 1908; interment in the City Cemetery.


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  00/00/1885 Commissioner of Indian Affairs Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/1880 TN - District 08 Won 46.62% (+4.77%)
  11/05/1878 TN - District 08 Won 61.40% (+22.79%)
  11/07/1876 TN - District 08 Won 61.78% (+23.57%)
  11/03/1874 TN - District 08 Won 66.36% (+32.72%)
  11/05/1872 TN - District 07 Won 55.63% (+17.92%)
  11/04/1863 TN CSA District 09 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/06/1861 TN CSA District 09 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  07/20/1861 TN CSA Delegate - Seat A Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  08/04/1859 TN - District 09 Lost 49.98% (-0.04%)
  08/06/1857 TN - District 09 Won 50.37% (+0.74%)
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