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Copeland, Solomon
Biography
1799–between May 1843 and July 1845. Farmer, business investor. Born in Sumner Co. (later in Overton Co.), Tennessee. Son of Stephen Copeland. Elected surveyor of Henry Co., Tennessee, 1831, 1839. Served as Henry Co. estate administrator and court commissioner. Represented Henry Co. in Tennessee state legislature, 1841–1843. Invited to run for U.S. vice presidency as JS’s running mate, 1844. Died outside of Tennessee.
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- Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
- History Draft [1 January–21 June 1844]
- History, 1838–1856, volume E-1 [1 July 1843–30 April 1844]
- Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
- Letter, Wilford Woodruff to Solomon Copeland, 19 March 1844
- Minutes, 21 March 1844
- Gender
- Male