Background
Churchwell, William Montgomery was born on February 20, 1826 in near Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.
Diplomat politician representative
Churchwell, William Montgomery was born on February 20, 1826 in near Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.
He attended private schools and Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia from 1840 to 1843. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Knoxville.
Churchwell served as one of the judges for Knox County. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress by Tennessee"s 2nd congressional district, and then by Tennessee"s 3rd congressional district to the Thirty-third Congress after Tennessee had lost a district through reapportionment. He served from March 4, 1851 to March 3, 1853 for the third district, and from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855.
During the Thirty-third Congress, he was the chairman of the United States House Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary War Claims.
Churchwell was later a provost marshal for the district of east Tennessee. During the administration of President Buchanan, he was sent on a secret mission to Mexico.
He served in the Confederate Army as a lieutenant colonel of the Fourth Tennessee Regiment during the Civil War. Churchwell died in Knoxville, Tennessee on August 18, 1862 (age 36 years, 179 days).
He is interred at Old Gray Cemetery.
Member United States House