Henderson King Yoakum

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Henderson King Yoakum (* 6. September 1810 in Powell Valley, Claiborne County , Tennessee ; † 20th November 1856 in Huntsville , Walker County , Texas ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party and officer .

Life

After attending school, Yoakum began officer training at the US Military Academy at West Point , which he completed in 1832. After that, he was awarded the brevet of lieutenant awarded and he participated in a campaign against Black Hawk in part, the chief of the Sauk - and Fox - Indians . On March 31, 1833, however, he retired from active military service and began studying law . After his graduation and his legal admission, he worked as a lawyer in Tennessee between 1835 and 1845 and served temporarily as Mayor of Murfreesboro . In 1839 he became a member of the Tennessee Senate for the Democratic Party and was temporarily chairman of the State Convention of the Democratic Party.

In 1845 Yoakum returned to Texas and served as a lieutenant in the Texas Mounted Rifle Volunteers during the Mexican-American War between June and September 1846 . After the end of the war, he took up his legal practice in Texas in 1848. He was a personal friend and a major political supporter of Sam Houston . In 1849 he was one of the founding members of Austin College and was subsequently employed there as a professor of law and first librarian. He was also promoted to Colonel in the Texas Militia in 1850 , where he served until his death, and was also a large landowner.

His marriage to Eveline Cannon Yoakum had nine children. After his death he was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Huntsville .

publication

  • A History of Texas from its First Settlement under La Salle in 1685 to its Annexation to the United States in 1845 . New York 1855

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SURNAME Yoakum, Henderson King
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American officer, lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Powell Valley, Claiborne County , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1856
Place of death Huntsville , Walker County, Texas