Louis Washington Turpin (February 22, 1849 – February 3, 1903) was a
U.S. Representative
The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...
from
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
, anthem = " Alabama"
, image_map = Alabama in United States.svg
, seat = Montgomery
, LargestCity = Huntsville
, LargestCounty = Baldwin County
, LargestMetro = Greater Birmingham
, area_total_km2 = 135,7 ...
.
Born in
Charlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen ...
, When his parents both died, he moved to Alabama with his sister and settled in Perry County in 1858.
He was Self-educated.
He engaged in agricultural pursuits.
Tax assessor of Hale County in 1873–1880.
He served as chairman of the Democratic committee of Hale County for six years.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the
Forty-eighth Congress.
Presented credentials as a
Democratic Member-elect to the
Fifty-first Congress and served from March 4, 1889, to June 4, 1890, when he was succeeded by John V. McDuffie, who contested his election.
Turpin was elected to the
Fifty-second and
Fifty-third Congresses (March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination.
He retired from politics and engaged in planting.
He died in
Greensboro, Alabama
Greensboro is a city in Hale County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 2,497, down from 2,731 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Hale County, Alabama, which was not organized until 1867. It is part o ...
, February 3, 1903.
He was interred in the City Cemetery.
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1849 births
1903 deaths
Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alabama
19th-century American politicians