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Robert Looney Caruthers
BIRTH 31 Jul 1800 Smith County, Tennessee, USA
DEATH 2 Oct 1882 (aged 82) Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA
BURIAL Cedar Grove Cemetery
Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee, USA Show Map
MEMORIAL ID 7645250
U.S. Congressman. Successful in mercantile pursuits, he attended Greenville College, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1823, was clerk for the Tennessee State House of Representatives in 1824, clerk of the Chancery Court of Smith County and editor of the Tennessee Republican. He also was Tennessee State’s Attorney, (1827-32), a member of the Tennessee State House of Representatives in 1835, was the founder of Cumberland University Tennessee, in 1842 and of its law department in 1847. In 1841, he was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress, serving until 1843. After his term, he was a judge of the Supreme Court of Tennessee,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7645250/robert-looney-caruthers
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- [S1203] Wikipedia: Robert L Caruthers, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Caruthers.
Robert Looney Caruthers (July 31, 1800 – October 2, 1882) was an American judge, politician, and professor. He helped establish Cumberland University in 1842, serving as the first president of its Board of Trustees, and was a cofounder of the Cumberland School of Law, one of the oldest law schools in the South. He served as a Tennessee state attorney general in the late 1820s and early 1830s, and was a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court in the 1850s and early 1860s. He also served one term in the United States House of Representatives (1841–1843). In 1863, he was elected Governor of Tennessee by the state's Confederates, but never took office.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Caruthers
- [S1531] Newspapers.com - The Tennessean - 16 Oct 1882 - Page 8, (Name: The Tennessean; Location: Nashville, Tennessee; Date: 16 Oct 1882;), 16 Oct 1882.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11964535/the_tennessean/?xid=637
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