David Alexander Nunn

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David Alexander Nunn was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 8th congressional district. He was born near Brownsville, Tennessee in Haywood County on July 26, 1833. He attended private schools and the West Tennessee College at Jackson, Tennessee. He studied law and graduated from Cumberland University at Lebanon, Tennessee in 1853. He was admitted to the bar, and he commenced practice in Brownsville.

He was a presidential elector on the Constitutional Union ticket in 1860 and on the Republican Ticket in 1864. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1865 to 1867. He was elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress, but was an unsuccessful Independent Republican candidate for re-election in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress. He served from March 4, 1867 to March 4, 1869.

He was appointed Minister Resident to Ecuador on April 21, 1869 by President Grant. He resigned on November 2, 1869. He was elected to the Forty-third Congress, serving from March 4, 1873 to March 3, 1875. He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election to the Forty-fourth Congress in 1874.

He was the secretary of state of Tennessee from 1881 to 1885. He was appointed by President McKinley as collector of internal revenue at Nashville, Tennessee on July 20, 1897. He served until his resignation on November 7, 1902. He returned to private life and died in Brownsville, Tennessee on September 11, 1918. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery.

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.