Adolphus H. Tanner
Adolphus Hitchcock Tanner (May 23, 1833 – January 14, 1882) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Born in Granville, Washington County, New York, Tanner completed preparatory studies. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1854 and commenced practice in Whitehall, New York.
During the Civil War, Tanner entered the Union Army in 1862 as a captain. He was subsequently commissioned lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Twenty-third New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and served until the close of the war.
Tanner was elected as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress (March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871). He resumed the practice of law in Whitehall, and died there on January 14, 1882. He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Salem, New York.
References
- Adolphus H. Tanner at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-05-01
- Adolphus H. Tanner at Find a Grave
- Reminiscences of the 123d Regiment, N.Y.S.V by Henry C. Morhous
| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 15th congressional district 1869–1871 |
Succeeded by Joseph M. Warren |
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