James D. Tillman

For persons of a similar name, see James Tillman (disambiguation).

James Davidson Tillman (born 1841 - died 1916) was a colonel during the American Civil War, Tennessee State Senator and US Minister to Ecuador.

Early life

James Davidson Tillman, son of Lewis Tillman (1816–1886) and Mary Catherine Davidson Tillman (1823–1902) was born in Bedford County, Tennessee 21 November 1841.

Career

During the American Civil War, he served as a Colonel in the 41st Tennessee Regiment and later in the Tennessee Consolidated Regiment. After the war he served terms as a Tennessee State Senator before being appointed by President Grover Cleveland as the US Minister to Ecuador from 1895-1897.

Death

He died in Tennessee in 1916. He is interred at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Fayetteville, TN.

United States Ambassadors to Ecuador

Chargé d'Affaires	Robert B. McAfee James Chamberlayne Pickett (plenipotentiary) Van Brugh Livingston John Trumbull Van Alen Courtland Cushing

Minister Resident	Philo White Charles R. Buckalew Friedrich Hassaurek William Turner Coggeshall David Alexander Nunn E. Rumsey Wing Christian Wullweber

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Rowland B. Mahaney Edward Henry Strobel James D. Tillman Archibald J. Sampson Joseph W. J. Lee Williams C. Fox Evan E. Young Montgomery Schuler, Jr. Charles S. Hartman Gerhard Adolph Bading William Dawson Antonio C. Gonzalez Boaz Walton Long

Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	Boaz Walton Long Robert M. Scotten John F. Simmons Paul C. Daniels Sheldon T. Mills Christian M. Ravndal Maurice M. Bernbaum Wymberley DeRenne Coerr Edson O. Sessions Findley Burns, Jr. Robert C. Brewster Richard J. Bloomfield Raymond E. Gonzalez Samuel Friedlander Hart Fernando Enrique Rondon Richard Newton Holwill Paul C. Lambert James F. Mack (a.i.) Peter F. Romero Leslie M. Alexander Gwen C. Clare Kristie Kenney Linda Jewell Heather M. Hodges Andrew Bowen (a.i.) Timothy Zúñiga-Brown (a.i.) Adam Namm

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