James Mullins
American politician
Died when: 65 years 284 days (789 months)Star Sign: Virgo
James Mullins (September 15, 1807 – June 26, 1873) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1867 to 1869.
He also served a single term in the Tennessee House of Representatives (1865–1867).Described as a "fierce fanatic of the Republican Party," Mullins supported the initiatives of Governor William G.
Brownlow in the state legislature, most notably leading efforts to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment.Mullins opposed Southern secession at the outbreak of the Civil War, and served in the Union Army as an advisor to General William Rosecrans during the war.
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