John DeWitt Clinton Atkins
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 9th district |
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In office March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
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| Preceded by | Emerson Etheridge |
| Succeeded by | Emerson Etheridge |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 7th district |
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In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
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| Preceded by | Robert P. Caldwell |
| Succeeded by | Washington C. Whitthorne |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 8th district |
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In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1883 |
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| Preceded by | David A. Nunn |
| Succeeded by | John M. Taylor |
| Member of the Tennessee Senate | |
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In office 1855-1857 |
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June 4, 1825 Manly's Chapel, Tennessee |
| Died | June 2, 1908 (aged 82) Paris, Tennessee |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Elizabeth Bacon Porter Atkins Flora Crawford Atkins |
| Children | John DeWitt Atkins |
| Alma mater | East Tennessee University |
| Profession |
lawyer farmer politician |
Elizabeth Bacon Porter Atkins
lawyer farmer
John DeWitt Clinton Atkins (June 4, 1825 – June 2, 1908) was an American politician and a member of both the United States House of Representatives and Confederate Congress from Tennessee.
Atkins was born at Manly's Chapel, Tennessee, in Henry County the son of John Atkins and Sarah (Manley) Atkins. He attended a private school in Paris, Tennessee, graduated from East Tennessee University at Knoxville in 1846. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar, but he did not practice, instead engaging in agricultural pursuits. He married Elizabeth Bacon Porter on November 23, 1847. After her death in 1887, He married Flora Crawford on June 24, 1890.
Atkins was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1849 to 1851. He served in the Tennessee Senate from 1855 to 1857. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth Congress by Tennessee's 9th congressional district. He served from March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1859, but he was not a successful candidate for re-election to the Thirty-sixth Congress.
During the Civil War, Atkins served as lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Tennessee Regiment in the Confederate Army in 1861. He was a delegate to the Confederate Provisional Congress in November 1861. He then was elected to the First Confederate Congress and was reelected in 1863 to the Second Confederate Congress.
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