Question: Facts: - profession: lawyer - death place: hopkinsville , kentucky - successor: christopher h. williams - party: whig - death date: 12 march 1859 - predecessor: milton brown - spouse: sarah paralee porter haskell - district: 11th - term end: march 3 , 1849 - children: shephard p. haskell - term start: march 4 , 1847 - state: tennessee - name: william t. haskell - birth date: 21 july 1818 - birth place: murfreesboro , tennessee - alma mater: university of nashville Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william t. haskell .
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william t. haskell -lrb- july 21 , 1818 - march 12 , 1859 -rrb- was an american politician and a member of the united states house of representatives for tennessee 's 11th congressional district .