Robert Looney Caruthers
Born: July 31, 1800
Birthplace: Carthage, Tennessee
Father: Samuel Caruthers 1767 – 1813
Mother: Elizabeth Looney 1765 – 1823
Wife: Sally Sanders 1807 – 1870
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tennessee)
Children:
Mary Jane Caruthers 1828 – 1845
(Buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tennessee)
Political Party: Whig Party
Education:
1820 – 1821: Attended Greenville College in Tennessee
Occupation before War:
1817 – 1819: Clerk in a country store in Smith County Tennessee
1823 – 1824: Attorney in Smith County Tennessee
Clerk of the Smith County Tennessee Chancery Court
Clerk of the Tennessee State House of Representatives
Editor of Tennessee Republican Newspaper
1827 – 1832: Tennessee State Attorney for Lebanon Tennessee
1835: Tennessee State Representative
1841 – 1843: United States Congressman from Tennessee
1841 – 1843: Member of House Foreign Affairs Committee
1841 – 1843: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee
1841 – 1843: Member of House Military Affairs Committee
1842: Founder of Cumberland University in Lebanon Tennessee
1847: Founder of Cumberland University Law Department
1852 – 1861: Judge of Tennessee State Supreme Court
Civil War Career:
1861: Member of Washington, D.C. Peace Conference
1861 – 1862: Tennessee Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress
1861: Seldom voiced his opinions in the Confederate Congress
1861: Attended Congress irregularly and not at all after December
1861: Supporter of the Davis Administration’s programs
1861: Unsuccessful Candidate for Confederate States Senator
1863: Elected Governor of Tennessee but not allowed to take office
1863 – 1882: Law Professor at Cumberland University
Died: October 2, 1882
Place of Death: Lebanon, Tennessee
Age at time of Death: 82 years old
Burial Place: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Lebanon, Tennessee
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