1800 - 1882
Robert L. Caruthers Attorney
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Details
| Birthday |
31st July, 1800
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| Birthplace |
Carthage, Tennessee
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| Died |
2nd October, 1882
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| Place of Death |
Lebanon, Tennessee
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| Buried |
Cedar Grove Cemetery Lebanon, Tennessee
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| Zodiac Sign |
Leo
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| Occupation |
Attorney
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Robert Looney Caruthers (July 31, 1800 – October 2, 1882) was an American judge, politician, and professor.
He helped establish Cumberland University in 1842, serving as the first president of its board of trustees, and was a cofounder of the Cumberland School of Law, one of the oldest law schools in the South.
He served as a Tennessee state attorney general in the late 1820s and early 1830s, and was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court in the 1850s and early 1860s.
He also served one term in the United States House of Representatives (1841–1843).
In 1863, he was elected Governor of Tennessee by the state's Confederates, but never took office.
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