David Grant Colson
| David Grant Colson | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 11th district | |
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In office March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 | |
| Preceded by | Silas Adams |
| Succeeded by | Vincent Boreing |
| Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives | |
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In office 1887 1888 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 1, 1861 Middlesboro, Kentucky |
| Died |
September 27, 1904 (aged 43) Middlesboro, Kentucky |
| Resting place | Colson Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | University of Kentucky |
| Profession | Lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | Kentucky volunteers |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Spanish–American War |
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David Grant Colson (April 1, 1861 – September 27, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Biography
Born in Yellow Creek (now Middlesboro, Kentucky), Knox (now Bell) County, Kentucky, Colson attended the common schools and the academies at Tazewell and Mossy Creek, Tennessee. He studied law at the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1879 and 1880. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Pineville. Examiner and special examiner in the Pension Bureau of the United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., from September 1882 to June 1886. He returned to Kentucky in 1887. He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1887 and 1888. He served as mayor of Middlesboro 1893-1895.
Colson was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899). He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures on Public Buildings (Fifty-fifth Congress).
He served as colonel of a Kentucky regiment during the Spanish–American War. In a feud with a fellow officer after mustering out after the war, he killed three men in a pistol fight in Frankfort, Kentucky on January 16, 1900.
He died in Middlesboro, Kentucky, September 27, 1904. He was interred in Colson Cemetery.
See also
- Colson–Scott Tragedy
References
- United States Congress. "David Grant Colson (id: C000649)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by Silas Adams |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky's 11th congressional district 1895 – 1899 (obsolete district) |
Succeeded by Vincent Boreing |