Background
Bugg was born in Boydton, Virginia in Mecklenburg County on January 20, 1805, the son of John and Sarah Malone Bugg.
Bugg was born in Boydton, Virginia in Mecklenburg County on January 20, 1805, the son of John and Sarah Malone Bugg.
He attended public schools.
Bugg moved to Tennessee, and settled in Williamson County in 1825, where he taught school for several years. He then moved to Giles County and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a justice of the peace in 1840.
Elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress, Bugg served from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855, but he declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854.
He resumed agricultural pursuits, and served in the Tennessee Senate in 1871 and 1872. Bugg died in Lynnville, Tennessee in Giles County on February 18, 1887 (age 82 years, 29 days).
He is interred at McLaurine Cemetery near Lynnville, Tennessee.
He served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1851 and 1852.