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William McFarland
William McFarland (September 15, 1821 – April 27, 1900) was an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1875 to 1877, representing the 1st congressional district of Tennessee. He is one of only two Democrats to have won this district's seat since the Civil War. McFarland also served as a state court judge in 1869, and as mayor of Morristown, Tennessee, from 1882 to 1885. A Southern Unionist, he was a member of the Jefferson County delegation at the pro-Union East Tennessee Convention in 1861.
==Early life==
McFarland was born in Jefferson County, Tennessee, the son of Robert and Mary Ann (Scott) McFarland. His grandfather, also named Robert McFarland, was a Revolutionary War veteran, and his father was a War of 1812 recruiting officer, militia colonel, and justice of the peace.〔 While still a child, William moved with his family to Springvale Farm near Morristown in what was then northern Jefferson County, but is now part of Hamblen County.〔 He was educated in the common schools, and attended Tusculum College near Greeneville.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000439 )〕
McFarland initially worked as a salesman for a Tazewell businessman, but returned home to manage his family's affairs following his father's death in 1844. He operated a mercantile business and tannery throughout the 1850s.〔"(Hon. Wm. McFarland, the Congressman Elect from the First District: A Pencil Sketch of the Man who Bottled Butler )," ''Morristown (TN) Gazette'', 11 November 1874, p. 1.〕 During this period, he began to take an interest in railroad construction, helping to raise funds for the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad.〔''(Acts of the State of Tennessee, Passed At the First Session of the Twenty-Ninth General Assembly for the Years 1851-2 )'' (Bang and McKennie, 1852), p. 660.〕
McFarland remained loyal to the Union during the secession crisis of 1860–1861. He attended the Knoxville session of the East Tennessee Convention in May 1861, and represented Jefferson County on the Convention's powerful business committee.〔Thomas William Humes, ''The Loyal Mountaineers of Tennessee'' (Overmountain Press, 1998; originally published in 1888), p. 109.〕 During the war, he studied law under Judge Robert M. Barton, and was admitted to the bar in 1863. In 1866, he moved to Morristown to practice law.〔
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