Samuel Van Dyke Stout (1786–1850) was an American Whig politician. He served as the

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from 1841 to 1842.

Early life

Samuel Van Dyke Stout was born on April 18, 1786, in Redstone Fort,

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/ref> His father, Abraham Stout, was silver plater. His mother, Jane Pettit. He grew up in

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and moved to Nashville in 1811.

Career

Stout settled in Nashville, Tennessee in 1811. He first worked for his father's silver plating business. He subsequently opened a carriage factory on Clark Street. His business became successful, and he is credited with making the carriage that President

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rode on his journey from Nashville to Washington, D.C. for his inauguration on March 4, 1829. Stout served on the Nashville Board of Aldermen from 1824 to 1825, 1830 to 1832, 1835 to 1837, 1838 to 1839, in 1844, and from 1846 to 1850. He served as Mayor of Nashville from 1841 to 1842. He was a

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Personal life and death

Stout married Catherine Tannehill in Nashville on October 12, 1813 at the home of Catherine's brother, Wilkins F. Tannehill, who would later himself serve as the city mayor.Margery Frances Day Hanson, Richard Ewing Hanson, ''Day Unto Day: A Study of the Day Family in America'', M. F. D. Hanson, 1978, p. 27

/ref> They had three sons, Josiah W., Charles C., Samuel H., and three daughters, Margaret Jane, Ira Abraham, and Catherine. They resided on First Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended the Downtown Presbyterian Church, Nashville, First Presbyterian Church. Stout died of

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on August 8, 1850. He was buried in the

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References

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