Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson
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Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson was an American attorney, politician, and judge, active primarily in East Tennessee during the mid-19th century. S. Congress (1859-1861), where he gained a reputation as a staunch pro-Union southerner.
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Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson was an American attorney, politician, and judge, active primarily in East Tennessee during the mid-19th century. He represented Tennessee's 1st congressional district in the 36th U.S. Congress (1859-1861), where he gained a reputation as a staunch pro-Union southerner. He was elected to a second term in 1861 on the eve of the Civil War but was arrested by Confederate authorities before he could take his seat.
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