Lewis Tillman (August 18, 1816 – May 3, 1886) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 4th congressional district of Tennessee.

Biography

Tillman was born near Shelbyville, Tennessee in Bedford County. He attended the common schools and pursued an academic course.

Career

Tillman served in the Seminole War as a private and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a circuit court clerk of Bedford County from 1852 to 1860. He was a colonel of the state militia before the Civil War and the editor of a newspaper in Shelbyville. From 1865 to 1869, he was a clerk and master of the

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. Elected as a member of the

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to the

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, Tillman served from March 4, 1869, to March 3, 1871, but was not a candidate for renomination in 1870. He returned to agricultural pursuits.

Death

Tillman died in Shelbyville on May 3, 1886. He was interred in Willow Mount Cemetery. His uncle,

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, also served as a U.S. congressman. His son

James Davidson Tillman James Davidson Tillman (November 25, 1841 – June 16, 1916) was a colonel during the American Civil War, Tennessee State Senator and US Minister to Ecuador. Early life James Davidson Tillman, son of Lewis Tillman (1816–1886) and Mary Cather ...

was a Confederate colonel and postwar served in the Tennessee Senate and was appointed U.S. Minister to Ecuador by President Grover Cleveland. His son Brigadier General Samuel Escue Tillman was a West Point graduate who served as the Academy's Superintendent during World War I.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tillman, Lewis 1816 births 1886 deaths Southern Unionists in the American Civil War Clerks Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee 19th-century American politicians People from Shelbyville, Tennessee United States Army personnel of the Seminole Wars 19th-century American newspaper editors Farmers from Tennessee