Lawyer, diplomat, and two-term member of Congress from Tennessee's Eighth District.
Life Span
to
Life Summary
Full name
David Alexander Nunn
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Slave State
No. of Siblings
4
No. of Spouses
2
No. of Children
7
Family
David Augustus Nunn (father), Alice Eloise Koonce Nunn (mother), Mary E Thompson (first wife - five children - died 1873), Tennessee Whitehead (second wife - two children)
Education
Other
Other Education
West Tennessee College (TN), Cumberland University (TN)
Occupation
Politician
Diplomat
Attorney or Judge
Political Parties
Republican
Constitutional Union (1860)
Government
Grant Administration (1869-77)
Diplomat
US House of Representatives
Other state government
