Nicholas Daniel Coleman (April 22, 1800 – May 11, 1874) was a

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from

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Biography

Born in

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, Coleman attended the grammar and high schools. He was graduated from

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. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar and practiced. He served as member of the State House of Representatives in 1824 and 1825. Coleman was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831). He moved to

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, where he resumed the practice of law. Postmaster of Vicksburg 1841–44. He again resumed the practice of law. He died in

. He was interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coleman, Nicholas Daniel 1800 births 1874 deaths Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky Politicians from Vicksburg, Mississippi Transylvania University alumni 19th-century American legislators