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American politician (1833–1882)
Adolphus H. Tanner
Tanner as a Union army officer c. 1865
Personal details
BornAdolphus Hitchcock Tanner
(1833-05-23)May 23, 1833
Granville, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 14, 1882(1882-01-14) (aged 48)
Whitehall, New York, U.S.
Resting placeEvergreen Cemetery, Salem, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
OccupationPolitician, lawyer
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army (Union army)
RankLieutenant colonel
Unit123rd New York Infantry Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

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 in command of Company C, 123rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was promoted through the ranks, and was the regiment's lieutenant colonel and second in command at 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

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byJohn Augustus Griswold Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 15th congressional district

1869–1871
Succeeded byJoseph M. Warren

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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