Julius W. Blackwell
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Julius W. Blackwell was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives
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 that represented fourth and third districts of Tennessee
Tennessee
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 in the United States House of Representatives
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.

Biography

He was born in Virginia
Virginia
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 in 1797 and attended the public schools. He moved to Tennessee and settled in Athens
Athens, Tennessee
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, McMinn County. He was elected as a Democrat
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 by the fourth district to the Twenty-sixth Congress, which lasted from March 4, 1839 to March 3, 1841. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the Twenty-seventh Congress in 1840.

After the number of electoral district
Electoral district
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s Tennessee held had been reduced and reapportioned, he was elected by Tennessee's third district to the Twenty-eighth Congress, which lasted from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the Twenty-ninth Congress in 1844.

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