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Luke Lea (1879
Luke Lea may refer to: * Luke Lea (American politician, born 1783), U.S. Representative from Tennessee, 1833–1837 * Luke Lea (American politician, born 1879), U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 1911–1917; founder of ''The Tennessean'' newspaper * Luke Lea, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1850-1853 {{hndis, name=Lea, Luke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Lea (American Politician, Born 1783)
Luke Lea (January 21, 1783 – June 17, 1851) was a two-term United States Representative from Tennessee. Biography Lea was born in Surry County, North Carolina, the son of the Reverend Luke and Elisabeth Wilson Lea. He moved with his parents in 1790 into what would become Hawkins County, Tennessee. He attended the common school, and as a young man he was a clerk for the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1804-06. He married Susan Wells McCormick on February 28, 1816, and they had nine children. He was also the great-grandfather of Luke Lea, founder of the '' Nashville Tennessean'' newspaper and a U.S. Senator from Tennessee from 1911-17. He owned slaves. Career After commanding a regiment under General Andrew Jackson in the Seminole and Creek War of 1818, Lee then moved to Campbells Station, Knox County, Tennessee. He was elected as a Jacksonian to the 23rd Congress and re-elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the 24th Congress. He served from March 4, 1833 to Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Lea (American Politician, Born 1879)
Luke Lea (April 12, 1879November 18, 1945) was an American attorney, politician and newspaper publisher. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1911 to 1917. Lea was the longtime publisher of ''The Tennessean'' newspaper in Nashville, and a United States Army veteran of World War I. In 1919 he led an unauthorized and unsuccessful attempt to kidnap the recently exiled German Kaiser Wilhelm II. Early life Lea was the son of John Overton and Ella ( Cocke) Lea. He was born into a political family after Reconstruction and named for a paternal great-grandfather, Luke Lea, who was a two-term Congressman from Tennessee in the 1830s. Initially an ardent supporter of Democrat Andrew Jackson, the elder Lea later became a member of the Whig Party. One of Lea's maternal great-grandfathers was William Cocke, who served in the U.S. Senate from Tennessee from 1796 to 1797, and again from 1799 to 1805. Lea received his early education f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
