Spencer Jarnagin

Spencer Jarnagin (* 1792 in Grainger County , † June 25, 1853 in Memphis ) was an American politician ( United States Whig Party ) who represented the state of Tennessee in the Senate .

Life

In 1813 he left the Greenville College and after studying the law , he was considered in 1817 lawyer admitted. He was a member of the Tennessee Senate from 1833 to 1835 . From 1836 to 1851 he was a member of the Board of Trustees of East Tennessee College, now the University of Tennessee . He continued his practice as a lawyer after moving to Athens in 1837 . He was an elector of Whigkandidaten William Henry Harrison and John Tyler in the Electoral College in the United States presidential election, 1840 .

He was proposed as a Senator by Whigs in 1841 after a caucus in the Tennessee General Assembly . However, some of the Democrats in the General Assembly decided that no senator would be better than a Whig in the post. The Democrats known as " Immortal Thirteen " refused; to enable a vote on this issue. Jarnagin was eventually elected senator after two and a half years, when nearly half the term had expired. Jarnagin held this office from October 17, 1843 until March 3, 1847. During this time he was chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims . The Whigs proposed him for a second term in 1847, but he was not elected because it appeared that the Democrats were more supportive of John Bell , another Whig, who was eventually elected to succeed him. A later application by Jarnagins for a judge's post at the Tennessee Supreme Court also failed. He moved to Memphis and continued to practice law there. After his death on June 25, 1853, he was buried in the municipal Elmwood Cemetery .

Web links

Spencer Jarnagin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

personal data
SURNAME	Jarnagin, Spencer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1792
PLACE OF BIRTH	Grainger County
DATE OF DEATH	June 25, 1853
Place of death	Memphis