Background
James Davidson Tillman, son of Lewis Tillman (1816–1886) and Mary Catherine Davidson Tillman (1823–1902) was born in Bedford County, Tennessee 21 November 1841.
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James Davidson
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During the American Civil War, he served as a Colonel in the 41st Tennessee Regiment and later in the Tennessee Consolidated Regiment. After the war he served terms as a Tennessee State Senator before being appointed by President Grover Cleveland as the United States Minister to Ecuador from 1895-1897. He died in Tennessee in 1916.
He is interred at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Fayetteville, Tennessee.
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Political Party
Democratic party