Pleasant B. Tully

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Pleasant B. Tully
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 4th district
In office March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
Preceded by	Romualdo Pacheco
Succeeded by	William W. Morrow
Personal details
Born	Pleasant Britton Tully (1829-03-21)March 21, 1829 Henderson County, Tennessee
Died	March 24, 1897(1897-03-24) (aged 68) Gilroy, California
Political party	Democratic
Profession	lawyer, politician

Pleasant Britton Tully (March 21, 1829 – March 24, 1897) was a U.S. Representative from California.

Born in Henderson County, Tennessee, Tully moved to Arkansas with his father, who settled in Phillips County in 1838. He attended public and private schools. He moved to California in 1853 and engaged in mining. He resided in Gilroy, California, after 1857. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar and practiced. He served as delegate at large to the State constitutional convention in 1879.

Tully was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885), after which he resumed the practice of law. He died in Gilroy, California, March 24, 1897, and was interred in the Masonic Cemetery.

References[]

• United States Congress. "Pleasant B. Tully (id: T000407)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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