Landon Carter Haynes
Landon Carter Haynes (born December 2, 1816 in Elizabethton , Carter County , Tennessee , † February 17, 1875 in Memphis , Tennessee) was an American politician .
Haynes first moved to the Tennessee General Assembly in 1847 and became a member of the State Senate . From 1849 to 1851 he then sat as a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee ; During this time he also acted as speaker of this parliamentary chamber. After the outbreak of civil war , he served from 1862 to 1865 as a senator in the first and second Confederate Congresses .
After his death in 1875 he was buried in Elmwood Cemetery . However, he was reburied in Jackson Cemetery in 1902 . He was an uncle of Nathaniel Edwin Harris , who served as governor of Georgia from 1915 to 1917 .
Web links
- Landon Carter Haynes at The Political Graveyard
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| SURNAME | Haynes, Landon Carter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elizabethton , Tennessee |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1875 |
| Place of death | Memphis , Tennessee |