Alfred O. P. Nicholson
U.S. Congressperson
1808 – 1876
Who was Alfred O. P. Nicholson?
Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson, a Tennessee Democratic politician and lawyer, was twice a United States Senator from that state.
Nicholson was born near Franklin, Tennessee in Williamson County. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating in 1827. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1831, opening a law practice in Columbia, Tennessee. He edited the Western Mercury, a paper then published in Columbia, from 1832 to 1835. He also served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1833 to 1839. In 1840 the Tennessee General Assembly elected him, on an interim basis, to succeed to the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of Senator Felix Grundy. He served in that office from December 25, 1840 to February 7, 1842. From 1843 to 1845 he served in the Tennessee State Senate, moving to Nashville during this period, and edited the Nashville Union from 1844 to 1846. From 1846 to 1847 he served as a director, and then as president, of the Bank of Tennessee.
In 1853 President Franklin Pierce wished to appoint him to the Cabinet, but he declined to serve.
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- Born
- Aug 31, 1808
Franklin - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Lived in
- Nashville
- Died
- Mar 23, 1876
Columbia
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on July 23, 2013
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