Cullom, William. Speech of Hon. Wm. Cullom, of Tennessee, on the Nebraska and Kansas bill, in the House of Representatives, April 11, 1854. Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1854.
CULLOM, William, (brother of Alvan Cullom and uncle of Shelby Moore Cullom), a Representative from Tennessee; born near Monticello, Wayne County, Ky., June 4, 1810; attended the public schools; studied law in Lexington, Ky.; was admitted to the bar and practiced in the courts of Kentucky and Tennessee; moved to Carthage, Tenn.; member of the Tennessee general assemblies, 1843-1847; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress; appointed Clerk of the House of Representatives in the Thirty-fourth Congress and served from February 4, 1856, to December 6, 1857; resumed the practice of law; attorney general, sixteenth district, 1873-1878; died in Clinton, Tenn., December 6, 1896; interment in McAdoo Cemetery, Clinton, Tenn., and later reinterred in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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[ Top ]Cullom, William. Speech of Hon. Wm. Cullom, of Tennessee, on the Nebraska and Kansas bill, in the House of Representatives, April 11, 1854. Washington: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1854.
Mayo, Robert. A review of the report of Hon. Horace Maynard, chairman of the Committee of Investigation, into the conduct and accounts of William Cullom, late clerk of the House of Representatives; and an exposition of the frauds practiced on the Treasury, the contingent fund of the House, and on individuals, by the said William Cullom. [Washington: N.p., 1859].