William Tandy Senter was an American politician that represented Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

's second district in the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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. He was born at Bean Station, Tennessee

Bean Station, Tennessee

Bean Station is a city in Grainger County, Tennessee, United States. It is part of the Morristown, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city was incorporated in November 1996...

 on May 12, 1801. He attended the common school

Common school

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s, held several local offices, and engaged in agricultural

Agriculture

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 pursuits. He was a minister

Minister of religion

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 in the Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Methodist Episcopal Church, South

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. He was a member of the State constitutional

Tennessee State Constitution

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 convention, which met at Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

 from May 19 to August 30, 1834.

He was elected as a Whig

Whig Party (United States)

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 to the Twenty-eighth Congress, which lasted from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845. He resumed agricultural and ministerial work and died at Panther Springs, Hamblen County, Tennessee on August 23, 1848. He was interred

Burial

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at Senter Memorial Church Cemetery.

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