Pleasant B. Tully

Pleasant Britton Tully (* March 21, 1829 in Henderson County, Tennessee, † March 24, 1897 in Gilroy, California ) was an American politician. Between 1883 and 1885 he represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1838 Pleasant Tully came with his father in the Phillips County, Arkansas, where he attended both public and private schools. In 1853 he moved during the Gold Rush to California, where he was for a time even looking for gold. After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer, he started working in Gilroy in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. In 1879 he was a delegate at a meeting on the revision of the California State Constitution.

In the congressional elections of 1882 Tully was in the fourth electoral district of California in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Romualdo Pacheco on March 4, 1883. Until March 3, 1885, he was able to complete a term in Congress. After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Pleasant Tully practiced as a lawyer again. He died on March 24, 1897 in Gilroy.