Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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NUNN, David Alexander, a Representative from Tennessee;

• born near Brownsville, Haywood County, Tenn., July 26, 1833;
• attended private schools and the West Tennessee College at Jackson, Tenn.;
• studied law; graduated from Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., in 1853;
• was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Brownsville;
• presidential elector on the Constitutional Union ticket in 1860 and on the Republican ticket in 1864;
• member of the State house of representatives, 1865-1867;
• elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress (March 4, 1867-March 3, 1869);
• unsuccessful Independent Republican candidate for reelection in 1868 to the Forty-first Congress;
• appointed by President Grant as Minister Resident to Ecuador April 21, 1869;
• resigned November 2, 1869;
• elected to the Forty-third Congress (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1875);
• unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1874 to the Forty-fourth Congress;
• secretary of state of Tennessee 1881-1885;
• appointed by President McKinley collector of internal revenue at Nashville, Tenn., July 20, 1897, and served until his resignation January 17, 1902;
• retired to private life;
• died in Brownsville, Tenn., September 11, 1918;
• interment in Oakwood Cemetery.