Alfred O. P. Nicholson

Alfred Nicholson
United States Senator
from Tennessee
In office
March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Preceded byJohn Bell
Succeeded byJoseph S. Fowler (1866)
In office
December 25, 1840 – February 7, 1842
Appointed byJames K. Polk
Preceded byFelix Grundy
Succeeded byEphraim H. Foster
Member of the Tennessee Senate
In office
1843–1845
Member of the Tennessee House of Representatives
In office
1833–1839
Personal details
Born
Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson

(1808-08-31)August 31, 1808
Franklin, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedMarch 23, 1876(1876-03-23) (aged 67)
Columbia, Tennessee, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA)

Alfred Osborn Pope Nicholson (August 31, 1808 – March 23, 1876), was a lawyer, newspaper editor, banker, and politician from Tennessee. A Democrat, he was twice a US Senator from that state.