William Tandy SENTER, Congress, TN (1801-1848)

SENTER, William Tandy, a Representative from Tennessee; born at Bean Station, Grainger County, Tenn., May 12, 1801; attended the common schools; held several local offices; engaged in agricultural pursuits; minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, Holston Conference; member of the State constitutional convention which met at Nashville from May 19 to August 30, 1834; elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1843-March 3, 1845); resumed agricultural pursuits and ministerial work; died at Panther Springs, Hamblen County, Tenn., August 28, 1848; interment in Senter Memorial Church Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present