Oliver Perry Temple, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Oliver Perry Temple

American attorney

Date of Birth: 27-Jan-1820

Place of Birth: Greene County, Tennessee, United States

Date of Death: 02-Nov-1907

Profession: judge, lawyer, businessperson, historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Oliver Perry Temple (January 27, 1820 – November 2, 1907) was an American attorney, author, judge, and economic promoter active primarily in East Tennessee in the latter half of the 19th century.
During the months leading up to the Civil War, Temple played a pivotal role in organizing East Tennessee's Unionists.
In June 1861, he drafted the final resolutions of the pro-Union East Tennessee Convention, and spent much of the first half of the war providing legal defense for Unionists who had been charged with treason by Confederate authorities.After the war, Temple promoted agricultural and industrial development in East Tennessee, most notably by assisting in the development of the Rugby Colony, and in later years wrote several books on the history of East Tennessee.