Tunstall Quarles

Tunstall Quarles (* 1770 in King William County, Virginia; † January 7, 1855 in Somerset, Kentucky ) was an American politician. Between 1817 and 1820 he represented the state of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Tunstall Quarles attended the public schools of his home. Around the year 1790, he came with his parents in the Woodford County in present-day Kentucky. After studying law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began to work in this profession. Politically, he was a member of the founded by Thomas Jefferson Democratic- Republican Party. In 1796 he became a deputy in the House of Representatives from Kentucky for the first time. He later moved to Somerset in Pulaski County. In the years 1811 and 1812 Quarles was again a deputy in the State Parliament. During the British - American War of 1812 he equipped at his own expense from a company of the state militia, which he himself commanded. After that he worked as a district judge.

In the congressional elections of 1816 Quarles was the ninth constituency of Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Micah Taul on March 4, 1817. After a re-election in 1818, he could remain until his resignation on June 15, 1820 in Congress. Between 1821 and 1824 he was a tax in Jackson (Missouri ). He then returned to Somerset, where he worked in agriculture and as a lawyer. In 1828 he was a member and President of the House of Representatives from Kentucky; In 1840 he was a member of the Senate from Kentucky. Tunstall Quarles died on January 7, 1855 in Somerset, where he was also buried.