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Thomas Amos Rogers Nelson (March 19 1812 – August 24 1873) was an American attorney politician and judge active primarily in East Tennessee during the mid-19th century. He represented Tennessee’s 1st Congressional District in the 36th U.S. Congress (1859–1861) where he gained a reputation as a staunch pro-Union southerner. He was elected to a second term in 1861 on the eve of the Civil War but was arrested by Confederate authorities before he could take his seat.
