William Tandy Senter (May 12, 1801 – August 28, 1848) was an American politician that represented

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's second district in the

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Biography

Senter was born at

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on May 12, 1801. He attended the

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s, and engaged in agricultural pursuits as well as holding several local offices. He married Nancy White.

Career

A minister in the Holston Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Senter was also a member of the State constitutional convention, which met at Nashville from May 19 to August 30, 1834. Senter was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth Congress, and served from March 4, 1843 to March 3, 1845. After his service, Senter resumed agricultural and ministerial work at Panther Springs,

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Death and legacy

Senter died at Panther Springs on August 28, 1848. He is

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at Senter Memorial Church Cemetery. The city of Centerville, Iowa was named in his honor, although the spelling was changed because a clerk assumed the proposed name "Senterville" was a misspelling.Tom Savage
A Dictionary of Iowa Place Names
University of Iowa Press, 2007; page 52.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Senter, William Tandy 1801 births 1848 deaths Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee 19th-century American politicians People from Bean Station, Tennessee