Etheridge, Emerson

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    Full name
    Emerson Etheridge
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    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Slave State
    Occupation
    Politician
    Attorney or Judge
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    Whig
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    US House of Representatives
    State legislature

    Emerson Etheridge (Congressional Biographical Directory)

    Reference
    ETHERIDGE, Emerson, a Representative from Tennessee; born in Currituck, N.C., September 28, 1819; moved with his parents to Tennessee in 1831; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1840 and commenced practice in Dresden, Tenn.; member of the State house of representatives 1845-1847; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress and reelected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1856 to the Thirty-fifth Congress; elected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1859-March 3, 1861); chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs (Thirty-sixth Congress); Clerk of the House of Representatives 1861-1863; unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1867; member of the State senate in 1869 and 1870; surveyor of customs in Memphis 1891-1894; died in Dresden, Tenn., October 21, 1902; interment in Mount Vernon Cemetery, near Sharon, Tenn.
    "Etheridge, Emerson," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000227.
    Chicago Style Entry Link
    Belz, Herman. “Etheridge Conspiracy of 1863: A Projected Conservative Coup.” Journal of Southern History 36 (November 1970): 549-567. view record
    Maness, Lonnie E. “Emerson Etheridge and the Union.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly 49 (Summer 1989): 97- 110. view record
    How to Cite This Page: "Etheridge, Emerson," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/index.php/node/8963.