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Robert Malone Bugg was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 7th congressional district.


Biography

Bugg was born in Boydton, Virginia in Mecklenburg County on January 20, 1805, the son of John and Sarah Malone Bugg. He attended public schools. He married Martha Patsy Laird, and they had nine children, Ann Mariah, Zachariah Pennington, John Laird, Sarah Elizabeth, Robert Malone, Henry Martin, Samantha, George Booth, and Martha Mildred.


Career

Bugg moved to Tennessee, and settled in Williamson County in 1825, where he taught school for several years. He then moved to Giles County and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was a
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in 1840. He served as a member of the
Tennessee House of Representatives The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee. Constitutional requirements According to the state constitution of 1870, this body is to consis ...
in 1851 and 1852. Elected as a Whig to the
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, Bugg served from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1855, but he declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1854. He resumed agricultural pursuits, and served in the Tennessee Senate in 1871 and 1872.


Death

Bugg died in Lynnville, Tennessee in Giles County on February 18, 1887 (age 82 years, 29 days). He is interred at McLaurine Cemetery near Lynnville, Tennessee.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bugg, Robert Malone Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives Tennessee state senators 1805 births 1887 deaths People from Boydton, Virginia People from Williamson County, Tennessee Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee 19th-century American politicians