Thomas B. Turley

Thomas Battle Turley (April 5, 1845 – July 1, 1910) was a Tennessee attorney who served as a Democratic United States Senator from 1897 to 1901.

Turley was born in Memphis and attended public schools and was a private in the Confederate Army throughout the Civil War, spending part of that conflict as a prisoner of war.

A prominent attorney, upon the death in office of Senator Isham G. Harris, Turley was appointed by governor of Tennessee Robert L. Taylor to the vacancy.

[3] He was subsequently elected to the balance of the term by the Tennessee General Assembly.

[3] He was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, the final resting place of many West Tennessee political figures.