11 Facts About Thomas Tipton

Thomas Weston Tipton was a Senator from Nebraska.

Thomas Tipton pursued classical studies and graduated from Madison College, Pennsylvania, in 1840.

Thomas Tipton studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1844.

Thomas Tipton was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1845.

Thomas Tipton was appointed to a position in the United States Land Office from 1849 to 1852; he then resumed the practice of law in McConnelsville, Ohio, in 1853.

Thomas Tipton was ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1856.

Thomas Tipton was a member of the 1859 Nebraska constitutional convention and the Nebraska Territory council in 1860.

Thomas Tipton was the assessor of internal revenue for Nebraska in 1865, and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1867.

Thomas Tipton was reelected in 1869 and served from March 1,1867, to March 3,1875.

Thomas Tipton had been elected as a Republican and voted for the conviction of President Andrew Johnson in the 1868 impeachment trial.

Thomas Tipton died in Washington, DC, November 26,1899, and was interred in Rock Creek Cemetery.