Josiah McNair Anderson

Whig Representative of Tennessee's 3rd district

Congresses Served

House Terms

November 29, 1807 (53 years old)

Birthday

November 8, 1861

Death

American politician and lawyer.
Served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1833 to 1837, including a term as speaker.
Member of the Tennessee Senate from 1843 to 1845, serving as presiding officer.
Elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Whig, serving from 1849 to 1851.
Participated as a delegate in the 1861 peace convention in Washington, D.C., aimed at preventing civil war.
Held the rank of colonel in the Tennessee State Militia in 1861.
Died on November 8, 1861, after being attacked shortly after delivering a speech on secession.
Buried in the Anderson Family Cemetery in Sequatchie County, Tennessee.