David Alexander Nunn
| David Alexander Nunn | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 8th district |
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In office March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 |
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| Preceded by | John W. Leftwich |
| Succeeded by | William J. Smith |
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In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
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| Preceded by | William W. Vaughan |
| Succeeded by | John Atkins |
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July 26, 1833 Haywood County |
| Died | September 11, 1918 (aged 85) Brownsville, Tennessee |
| Political party | Republican |
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Mary E. Thompson Nunn Tennessee Whitehead Nunn |
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Willie T. Nunn David S. Nunn Alice Isabella Nunn Charlie Nunn Cordie L. Nunn Poston |
| Alma mater | Cumberland University |
| Profession | politician |
Mary E. Thompson Nunn
Willie T. Nunn David S. Nunn
Alice Isabella Nunn
Charlie Nunn
David Alexander Nunn (July 26, 1833 – September 11, 1918) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee's 8th congressional district.
Nunn was born near Brownsville, Tennessee, in Haywood County, son of David and Alice Koonce Nunn. He attended private schools and West Tennessee College (now Union University at Jackson, Tennessee. He studied law and graduated from Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee, in 1853. He was admitted to the bar, and he commenced practice in Brownsville. He married Mary E Thompson in that same year. They had five children, Willie T., David S., Alice Isabella, Charlie, and Cordie L. After Mary's death in 1873, he married Tennessee Whitehead in 1875.
Nunn was a presidential elector on the Constitutional Union ticket in 1860 and, then he was presidential elector on the Republican Ticket in 1864.
Elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress, Nunn was an unsuccessful Independent Republican candidate for re-election in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress. He served from March 4, 1867 to March 4, 1869.
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