Barclay Martin

Barclay Martin (born December 17, 1802 in Edgefield County , South Carolina , †  November 8, 1890 in Columbia , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1845 and 1847 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Barclay Martin was an uncle of Lewis Tillman (1816-1886), who also sat for Tennessee in Congress between 1869 and 1871 . As early as 1804 he came with his parents to Bourbon County in Kentucky . Two years later the family moved to Bedford County , Tennessee. Martin enjoyed an academic education and then moved to Columbia. After studying law and being admitted to the bar, he began working in his new profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

Martin was a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee in 1839 and 1840 ; from 1841 to 1843 he was a member of the State Senate . In the congressional election of 1844 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Tennessee , where he succeeded Aaron V. Brown on March 4, 1845 . Up to March 3, 1847, a legislative period in Congress could complete. This was shaped by the events of the Mexican-American War .

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Barclay Martin returned to work as a lawyer. From 1847 to 1849 and again between 1851 and 1853 he was again a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. From 1852 he was also a member of the board of trustees of the Columbia Athenaeum . After 1853 he did not hold any further political office. Barclay Martin died in Columbia on November 8, 1890.

Web links

• Barclay Martin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Barclay Martin in the database of Find a Grave (English)