History of Elizabethton, (Carter County) Tennessee United States of America

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Landon Carter Haynes - A Biography

Landon Carter Haynes, senator, was born in Elizabethtown, Tenn., Dec. 2, 1816. He was graduated with honors from Washington college, East Tennessee, in 1836; studied law in the office of Thomas A. R. Nelson, and was admitted to the bar in 1840. He was a Polk elector in the first congressional district in 1844; was elected a representative in the state legislature, 1847, and was made speaker of the house in 1849. He was an unsuccessful canadidate for representative in the 36th congress in 1859, opposing Thomas A. R. Nelson, his law preceptor; a Breckenridge and Lane elector for the state at large in 1860, and was elected to the Confederate States senate, Oct. 24, 1861, serving during the existence of that body, 1861-65. He removed to Memphis, Tenn., where he engaged in the practice of the law. He was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for representative in the 43d congress in 1872, and was mentioned for U.S. senator in 1875. He died in Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 17, 1875.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor