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Role
  
U.S. representative

Name
  
Thomas Whittlesey

Resigned
  
March 3, 1839

Occupation
  
lawyer

Succeeded by
  
Alma mater
  
Education
  

Preceded by
  
At-large representation, districts established in 1837

Born
  
December 8, 1798Danbury, Connecticut (
1798-12-08
)

Died
  
August 20, 1868, Pheasant Branch, Wisconsin, United States

Party
  
Democratic-Republican Party

Political party
  
Jacksonian Democrat

Resting place
  

Thomas Tucker Whittlesey (December 8, 1798 – August 20, 1868) was a U.S. Representative from Connecticut, cousin of Elisha Whittlesey and Frederick Whittlesey.

Born in Danbury, Connecticut, Whittlesey attended the public schools and was graduated from Yale College in 1817. He then attended Litchfield Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1818 and commenced practice in Danbury, Connecticut. He served as probate judge.

Whittlesey was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Zalmon Wildman. He was reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress and served from April 29, 1836, to March 3, 1839. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress. He moved to Pheasant Branch, near Madison, Wisconsin, in 1846. He resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He served as member of the Wisconsin Senate in 1853 and 1854. He died at Pheasant Branch, Wisconsin, August 20, 1868. He was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin.

References

Thomas T. Whittlesey Wikipedia


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