Thomas F. Tipton
{{Short description|American politician}}
{{About|the U.S. Representative from Illinois|the Senator from Nebraska|Thomas Tipton}}
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|state = Illinois
|district = {{ushr|Illinois|13|13th}}
|term_start = March 4, 1877
|term_end = March 3, 1879
|predecessor = Adlai Stevenson I
|successor = Adlai Stevenson I
|birth_name =
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1833|8|29}}
|birth_place = Harrisburg, Ohio
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1904|2|7|1833|8|29}}
|death_place = Bloomington, Illinois
|party = Republican
|signature = Signature of Thomas Foster Tipton (1833–1904).png
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Thomas Foster Tipton (August 29, 1833 – February 7, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.
Biography
Thomas F. Tipton was born near Harrisburg, Ohio on August 29, 1833.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/biographicaldi1271mose/page/220/mode/1up |title=Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of the Representative Men of the United States: Illinois Volume |editor-first=John |editor-last=Moses |publisher=Lewis Publishing Company |location=Chicago |pages=220–222 |year=1896 |access-date=2021-12-09 |via=Internet Archive}} He attended the public schools.
He moved with his parents to McLean County, Illinois, in 1843.
He read law, was admitted to the bar in 1854, and began working as a lawyer.
He served as state attorney for the eighth judicial district of Illinois in 1867 and 1868.
Tipton was elected circuit judge of the eighth judicial circuit in 1870, and upon the reorganization of the circuit court under the new constitution was reelected circuit judge of the fourteenth judicial circuit.
Tipton was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1878 to the Forty-sixth Congress.
Tipton was again elected circuit judge and served from 1891 to 1897.
He resumed the practice of law.
He died in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, February 7, 1904, and was interred in Evergreen Cemetery.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90319328/death-of-judge-tipton/ |title=Death of Judge Tipton |newspaper=The New York Times |location=Bloomington, Illinois |page=5 |date=1904-02-08 |access-date=2021-12-09 |via=Newspapers.com}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.mchistory.org/research/resources/thomas-f-tipton.php Thomas F. Tipton] - McLean County Museum of History
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Category:Illinois state court judges
Category:Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois
Category:People from Harrisburg, Ohio
Category:19th-century Illinois state court judges
Category:19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives