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Harvey Magee Watterson

Harvey Magee Watterson served as a representative for Tennessee (1839-1843).

  • Democratic
  • Tennessee
  • District 9
  • Former
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Role Representative

Current assignment referenced in the congressional directory.

State Tennessee

Representing constituents across the Tennessee delegation.

District District 9

District insights and legislative focus areas.

Service period 1839-1843

Years of public service formally recorded.

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Biography

Harvey Magee Watterson (November 23, 1811 – October 1, 1891) was an American lawyer, newspaper editor, and politician.

Watterson was what his only child Henry later described as an “undoubting Democrat of the schools of Jefferson and Jackson”, active in Tennessee politics at both the state and federal level.

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Congressional Record

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