Person:Thomas Clingman (1)

Watchers
Thomas Lanier Clingman, Esq.
b.27 Jul 1812 Huntsville, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States
d.3 Nov 1897 Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
Parents and Siblings
(edit)
  1. Ann Martha Clingman1810 - 1884
  2. Thomas Lanier Clingman, Esq.1812 - 1897
  3. Elizabeth Ann Clingman1816 - 1850
Add Spouse and Children
Facts and Events
Name[1] Thomas Lanier Clingman, Esq.
Gender Male
Birth[2] 27 Jul 1812 Huntsville, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States
Death[2] 3 Nov 1897 Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States
Burial[2] Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States
[edit]

Notes

  • named for Dr. Thomas Lanier, his half uncle
References
  1. ↑ .

    Ingersoll, Louise. Lanier, A Genealogy of the family who Came to Virginia and their French ancestors in London. 2nd ed. Washington: Goetz Print. Co., 1970, Page 390.
    -----
    Jane married 1811 Jacob Clingman, and named a son Thomas Lanier Clingman, a lawyer, Congressman, and Senator, for whom Clingman's Dome in the Great Smokies was named.
    -----

    [Note: The mountain's name was changed back to Kuwohi in 2024.]

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Thomas L. Clingman, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
    last accessed Jun 2025.

    Thomas Lanier Clingman (July 27, 1812 – November 3, 1897), known as the "Prince of Politicians," was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1843 to 1845 and from 1847 to 1858, and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1858 and 1861. During the Civil War, he refused to resign his Senate seat and was one of the many southern senators subsequently expelled from the Senate in absentia. He then served as a general in the Confederate States Army. ...

Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Thomas_Clingman_%281%29"